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May 1, 2026 | Blog Post | Lulit Shewan

On May Day, Workplace Harm Is Being Shaped by Policy Choices

May Day has always been grounded in a simple demand: workers should be able to go to work and return home safely. That demand carries particular weight this year. The scale of harm workers face remains high, and the conditions shaping that harm are shifting…

April 24, 2026 | Blog Post | Parker Gilkesson Davis

Congress Should Put Food Back on the Table by Voting “No” on the Farm Bill

The Farm Bill doesn’t have to be simply a piece of legislation. It can be a commitment to ensuring food is restored to tables.

February 24, 2026 | Blog Post | Ashley Burnside

Generous Donations to Trump Accounts Won’t End Wealth Inequality

To create a country where all children have generational wealth, lawmakers and donors need to invest in cash programs that effectively target families based on income and wealth. 

February 22, 2026 | Blog Post | Wendy Cervantes

Podcast: Wendy Cervantes Demands Better Protections for Immigrant Kids

In a podcast produced and hosted by First Focus on Children, Wendy Cervantes joins in an episode called, “Wendy Cervantes Demands Better Protections for Immigrant Kids.” She discusse how immigration enforcement policies are affecting children in immigrant families, with a focus on the fear, instability,…

January 26, 2026 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

CLASP Urges Senate to Reject Funding Bill that Will Endanger More Lives

Members of Congress must reject any legislation that further empowers the administration to continue its attacks against families across the country. 

December 10, 2025 | News Clip | Lorena Roque

What Does It Mean to Be in an “Affordability Crisis”?

“We can’t talk about affordability in this moment without naming the huge health care costs that families are now facing because of the expiration of the premium tax credits,” said Ashley Burnside of CLASP.

December 8, 2025 | News Clip | Lulit Shewan

Farmworkers Brave Deadly Heat, Pollution, and ICE Raids

Earlier this year, the Department of Government Efficiency slashed funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, shuttering local oversight offices—a move that the Center for Law and Social Policy described as an “imminent threat to all workers.”

December 4, 2025 | Blog Post | Christian Collins

Congress Is Weaponizing Federal Law Against College Athletes By Cutting Pell Grant Access and Stripping Labor Protections

The flawed logic behind the Pell Grant reconciliation provision—that athletes are now able to earn enough money through NIL deals and revenue sharing payments to not need Pell Grants—is the exact same flawed logic behind the SCORE Act provisions that clamp down on total compensation…

November 24, 2025 | News Clip | Lorena Roque

DOGE Has Been Disbanded, Feds Say, But Effect On CDC Continues To Linger

The Center for Law and Social Policy's DOGE Tracker shows how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bore the brunt of cuts.

November 21, 2025 | News Clip | Parker Gilkesson Davis

New SNAP Work Rules Threaten to Snarl Older Adults in Red Tape

Many older adults may also request in-person appointments to apply for benefits like SNAP, “because the application is extremely difficult,” says Parker Gilkesson Davis, who worked as a human services specialist for Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. ​

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