Low angle view of group of people in circle and holding their fists together during a group therapy session. People with fist put together during support group session.
By Teon Hayes “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When families are facing soaring food prices, stretched resources, and fewer avenues of support, the strength of a community is often what…
Low-wage workers and their families need federal workplace standards like the Schedules that Work Act, which would provide fair scheduling protections, and the Healthy Families Act, which would establish a paid sick days standard. These policies strengthen economic security. H.R. 4219 is not that federal standard.
Many fathers struggle to support their families, and programs that help alleviate poverty, promote responsible parenting, and undergird healthy families are often unavailable to “childless” adults.
The Supreme Court issued 3 decisions with devastating impacts on women, immigrants, workers & communities of color. These decisions demonstrate what’s at stake as Trump fills Supreme Court vacancy.
Commentary by OIivia Golden on the difficulty in reconciling the country we aspire to be with the country we seem to have become, given our treatment of immigrants and refugees.
A federal District Court dealt a blow to the Trump Administration and states trying to take away Medicaid from people who can’t meet new work requirements.
In Illinois, trusted advocates worked with state agencies and policymakers from the Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and governor’s office to develop a single definition of career pathways and provide guidance to practitioners.
The Senate HELP Committee passed the Strengthening Career and Technical Education Act for the 21st Century. The bill would help low-income people access opportunity.
Recent activities show that Congressional Republicans have not abandoned their legislative goals of rolling back the ACA and block granting Medicaid even while the Trump Administration has shifted this year to undermining our health care safety net through Medicaid waivers, regulatory retrenchment and litigation.
The Senate's bipartisan farm bill would strengthen SNAP, ensuring millions of people are able to put food on the table and access pathways to good jobs. This is a stark contrast from the House farm bill, which would rip away SNAP from people in need.
