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November 18, 2025 | News Clip | Parker Gilkesson Davis

How the shutdown broke America’s food chain – and what happens next

November 18, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Public Charge Proposal Threatens the Health and Well-being of Immigrant Families and All Communities

CLASP is committed to ensuring that all families are able to meet their basic needs, and we will work alongside our partners to defeat this reckless public charge proposal as we did under the first Trump Administration.

November 13, 2025 | Blog Post

A Mother’s Voice: Advocating for WIC and Nutrition Equity 

WIC support is vital as proposed SNAP cuts put families at risk for hunger and food insecurity.

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 

In July, the Department of Labor introduced an extensive plan to reduce regulations affecting various labor protections, including important workplace safety regulations.

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.  

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