Young volunteer gives grocery sack to young needy family, food was donated by local neighbors. Vegetable, fruit, and bread food items are in the bag. Service, kindness, charity, donation, community outreach themes.
By Parthenia Tawfik No child should have to think about whether their mom ate breakfast. But in many immigrant families across the United States, that small sacrifice is not an exception—it’s the norm. So are lunch boxes packed with too little, and school days that…
CLASP urges Congress to pass legislation to support students in completing their degrees, remove burdensome work requirements, and help end student hunger.
Adequate access to food is economic justice. But too many people with low incomes are forced to stretch their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits because they’re not enough to cover the cost of food.
On March 31, 2021, President Joe Biden declared April 2021 Second Chance Month, bringing attention to the unjust criminal justice system in the United States that unevenly enforces laws and creates conditions for recidivism rather than restoration.
April 11-17 is Black Maternal Health Week, a time for reflection and action to address large disparities in maternal health experienced by Black women.
A basic income pilot in Stockton, California provided $500 monthly payments to 125 residents with no strings attached. From improved family wellbeing and financial stability to an increase in full-time employment, these positive impacts hold hope for the refundable Child Tax Credit (CTC).
This year's Equal Pay Day denotes when women finally make as much as white men made in all of 2020—the gap is even worse when broken down by race and ethnicity.
Policymakers cut enough red tape in the early days of the pandemic to ensure stable coverage among Medicaid recipients, but a lag in SNAP enrollment despite flexibilities like emergency allotments (EAs) signals the need to eliminate administrative burden.
The horrific violence in Atlanta this week on Asian American women is unconscionable, could have been prevented, and reveals gaping holes in how we protect each other as a society.
