The debate about the tax package is really about whether making billionaires and large corporations wealthier is more important than health care and food for millions of Americans.
These political maneuvers are a clear abuse of power and a resounding demonstration of how the Trump Administration plans to strip our nation’s most marginalized workers of their rights and their power to organize.
By cutting off agency grant and loan programs without any notice, the Trump Administration is harming families, children, workers, and communities across the country—and imperiling our nation’s economy.
The Continuing Resolution includes $500 million for CCDBG, half of which will be used for disaster relief in affected states and the other half to be allocated among all states as emergency discretionary funding.
This action could have devastating consequences for immigrant families and their children, including U.S. citizen children, deterring them from receiving medical attention, seeking out disaster relief, attending school, and carrying out everyday activities.
Taken together, these directives, if fully implemented, will have devastating consequences on immigrants, their children, the communities where they live and work and volunteer, and the nation as a whole.
On January 14, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee held a hearing about the 2017 Trump tax law. Here are five key takeaways from the hearing.
By Shira Small Across the country, parents, providers, and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) administrators are struggling with a child care sector that doesn’t fully meet families’ needs or support the child care workforce. To discuss the state of child care, key progress that…
Work requirements restrict access to benefits like Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF by mandating proof of work, disproportionately harming people of color. Rooted in racist stereotypes, these policies deepen poverty and inequity, particularly for Black Americans, who face higher sanction rates and systemic barriers. Research shows…