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A value statement doesn't dismantle generations of injustice deeply entrenched in our ways of doing and governing, but publicly acknowledging that racism—through structural disadvantages and the “weathering” of daily experiences—is a public health crisis gives us a place to start.
More than 3.5 million residents of the U.S. territories face a dire health care crisis. Unless Congress acts before the end of the year, our territories will fall off a dramatic Medicaid funding cliff, which could lead to benefits loss or Medicaid termination for them.
Jim Barnes describes CLASP's groundbreaking advocacy work in the environmental arena during the 1970s.
When President Trump suggests that I, among 3 million other SNAP recipients, am fraudulently accessing benefits without need, I am compelled to push back. We are the real people who would be harmed by the administration’s “broad-based categorical eligibility” proposal ... I share my story because nobody else can tell it for me.
Joe Onek reflects on his long history with CLASP as a staff attorney, executive director, board member, and board chair.
In this blog, CLASP explores the serious social and economic impacts of discrmination against LGBTQ+ individuals and families.
State policy choices on how to fund postsecondary institutions—through the specific use of outcomes-based funding (OBF)—can either help or hinder efforts to address inequities that affect so many students and our nation.
Yesenia Jimenez, CLASP's Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow, shares the importance of closing the digital divide with equitable solutions to ensure communities have full access to and use of affordable technologies.
By establishing digital equity, we can close the growing chasm that leaves low-income communities behind.
For Women's History Month, we're taking a look at key policies that would improve job quality for women, particularly low-income women and women of color, and result in increased workforce participation, improved financial stability, and long-term economic mobility.