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June 1, 2023 | Press Release | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Debt Limit Bill Averts Major Disaster, Doesn’t Solve Long-Term Issues

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan budget agreement, which brings the United States one step closer to averting a domestic and possibly global crisis caused by breaching our arbitrary debt ceiling limit. Fortunately, the deal excludes many of the draconian budget cuts and…

May 31, 2023 | Blog Post

AAPI Heritage Month, Transcending the Myth

By encouraging me to work hard, keep my voice low, and head down, my parents were inadvertently encouraging me to assimilate into the white-dominated community that I grew up in. This assimilation was successful in the sense that I was a part of the model…

May 23, 2023 | Blog Post | Nia West-Bey

In Los Angeles, Mental Health Meets Workforce to Increase Access to Youth Peer Support

Innovations in Youth Mental Health By Nia West-Bey  Despite the unprecedented attention, we have yet to make a dent in the youth mental health crisis, particularly among young people from marginalized communities. Overall levels of anxiety and depression remain high. Federal policy efforts have been…

May 22, 2023 | Blog Post | Isha Weerasinghe

How Paid Leave Can Address Maternal Mental Health, Save Lives

Federal action to ensure all workers have access to paid family leave is critical to address the alarming rates of maternal mental health concerns.

May 17, 2023 | Press Release | Wendy Cervantes

Senate Vote to Rescind Biden’s Public Charge Rule Ignores Impact to Kids and Families

No one should be deterred from accessing health care, food, or other basic needs out of fear that doing so may compromise their ability to obtain a green card and remain with their family.

May 17, 2023 | Blog Post

Expanding Double Up Bucks is Essential for Reducing Food Insecurity

With this year’s food prices predicted to increase by 7.9 percent, it is important that SNAP participants have access to Double Up Food Bucks and other federal programs that reduce hunger and improve healthy food access. 

May 17, 2023 | Press Release | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

National Paid Sick Days and Paid Family and Medical Leave Laws Critical for Working People

These two bills establishing national policies on paid leave would help working people care for themselves and their families without sacrificing their job or paycheck.

May 10, 2023 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Work Requirements for Medicaid are Back on the Negotiating Table. They are Still a Terrible Idea. 

President Biden has rightfully pledged to not take away people’s health care or increase poverty as part of the debt ceiling negotiations. The administration must hold this line and reject any new work requirements for Medicaid, or increased work requirements for SNAP and TANF.

May 2, 2023 | News Clip | Parker Gilkesson

Nonprofit grocery stores rehab America’s food deserts

"Parker Gilkesson [...] tells Axios that the Biden administration could do a "much better job" of addressing hunger and the root causes behind it."

April 28, 2023 | News Clip | Ashley Burnside

Montana families need both the child tax credit and public investment in child care

Ashley Burnside co-authored an op-ed on how Montana families need the child tax credit and child care funding.

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