More than one in five American children now lives in poverty, according to new Census data. And the situation is even more dire for children of color, with 39 percent ...
Your
members of Congress are home this month for recess. Please visit their district
offices, attend a town hall, or call
or write them to weigh in on the debate in ...
The Coaltion on Human Needs urges you to write to Congress to ensure that the final outcome of Congress budget debate protects children and low-income people.
The dream of going to college is in danger for millions of America's students as Congress shockingly puts Federal Pell Grants on the chopping block. Share your ...
Tell the president and congressional leaders to take Medicaid off the negotiating table and protect the millions of jobs it creates, as well as the millions of ...
American’s have been hit hard by the recession and the number of children living in poverty has GROWN at an alarming rate. To prevent further harm to our ...
Next week the House and Senate are likely to vote on adding a balanced budget amendment (BBA) to the U.S. Constitution. Organizations, please sign on to a ...
The White House has entered budget negotiations with congressional leaders, and Medicaid is at risk. Tell President Obama and the congressional budget negotiators: ...
Deficit reduction deals should take cuts to programs for low- and moderate-income people off the table. President Obama is scheduled to meet with Senate leaders today ...
Deficit reduction deals should take cuts to programs for low- and moderate-income people off the table. President Obama is scheduled to meet with Senate leaders to ...
Would you want to speak out if you knew that budget cuts were being considered in Washington that would deny tens of millions of the most vulnerable people medical ...
Members of the full House Appropriations Committee will vote on Tuesday 31 May at 4:00 PM on the Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that cuts $833 ...
Not content with young people being just a footnote in the budget debate, the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network will release a budget next week that gives ...
We all remember what
happened the last time we paid no attention to a housing crisis. The National
Low-Income Housing Coalition says
we’ve got a chance to do ...
Citing new poling that finds most high school graduates cite costs of college as the major deterrent to further education. Education Trust says it is imperative that ...
The U.S. House of Representatives just did a hatchet job on Pell Grants and, as a consequence, to the dreams of millions of hard-working, low-income students. In its ...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, is on the chopping block. Take action with your organization to save this program!
Sen. Tom Harkin is set to introduce a new bill that would make Promise Neighborhoods a federally authorized program. To succeed, Sen. Harkin needs allies - especially ...
