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October 30, 2025 | News Clip | Christian Collins

Loan Forgiveness Becomes a Tool for Authoritarianism

loan forgiveness is being used as a tool by the administration to recruit Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

October 28, 2025 | Blog Post | Lulit Shewan

The Trump Administration is Making Your Workplace More Dangerous 

By Lulit Shewan In July, the Department of Labor (DOL) introduced an extensive plan to reduce regulations affecting various labor protections, including important workplace safety regulations. Officials presented the initiative as an effort to “c,” a misleading interpretation of policies that enable employers to jeopardize…

October 28, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

White House and Congress Manufactured a Crisis that Threatens Jobs, Food Assistance, and Head Start and Will Increase Health Care Costs

The stalemate created by the refusal of Congressional leadership and the Trump Administration to come to the table is unnecessarily threatening food assistance, access to Head Start, and other important programs families rely on and forcing millions of people to soon face  increasing health care costs.  

October 27, 2025 | News Clip | Christian Collins

Maryland universities issued $3.4 million in parking citations last year; more permits sold than spaces available

By Ela Jalil (EXCERPT) Christian Collins, a policy analyst for the Center for Law and Social Policy who focuses on post-secondary education, said that parking citations are just another financial barrier for students to overcome to get a degree. Collins also noted that punishments like…

October 20, 2025 | Blog Post | Diane Harris

Without DALE, Employers Gain More Power to Exploit Workers  

What is DALE?  For decades, DHS had occasionally provided temporary protections for people serving as witnesses in labor or civil rights cases.

October 1, 2025 | Blog Post | Juan Carlos Gomez

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October 1, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Federal Shutdown Reflects Trump’s Chaotic Government; Children and Families Pay the Price

In a functioning government, this budget would be free from interference by a presidential administration. Instead, the administration is manufacturing chaos and dysfunction to continue to weaken the institutions families rely on to survive.  

September 29, 2025 | News Clip | Wendy Cervantes

Letter to the Editor: DHS should respect parental rights

Excerpt from letter to the editor by Wendy Cervantes: “Immigration actions cause long-lasting harm and trauma for children. That’s true whether the Department of Homeland Security separates families, as was the case in The Post’s story; removes them together and sends them back to potential…

September 25, 2025 | News Clip | Lorena Roque

The Charter School Pressuring Teachers to Get Involved in Politics

By Lindsay Lee Wallace EXCERPT: “The political coercion is a form of threat under the [National Labor Relations Act],” said Lorena Roque, interim director of education, labor, and worker justice at the Center for Law and Social Policy. “Being forced to do any of these things is…

September 24, 2025 | Blog Post | Teon Hayes

Families Affected by Substance Use Need Holistic Healing and Recovery Support

Recovery is not just about surviving substance use. For mothers and those they love, it’s about building a future where healing is possible, families are whole, and every generation has the chance to thrive.

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