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Battle Lines Being Drawn in Texas and California

As Texas, California and several other states redraw new Congressional District maps, Asian American, Black and Latino advocates fear the power of their votes will be diluted.

Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans

Trump's big budget bill is expected to leave 12 million people without healthcare, while undermining the finances of rural hospitals, community health clinics, and nursing homes.

Will Congress Reauthorize World’s Best HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Program?

PEPFAR — the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — has saved more than 26 million lives around the world since its creation in 2003 by President George Bush. However, Congress has not yet reauthorized the program this year.

House Passes Budget Bill, Eviscerating Medicaid and Food Assistance

The House has passed the largest cuts to Medicaid in its 50-year history, and has also taken a chainsaw to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Millions of Children Face Hunger as Congress Pushes Through Massive Cut to SNAP

”Pediatricians are losing sleep over these proposed cuts.” — Dr. Sue Kressly, president of the American Pediatric Association

UPDATE: House Committee Advances Proposal to Strip $715 Billion from Medicaid

As the House Energy and Commerce committee debated legislation that would strip $715 billion from Medicaid, several people voicing their opposition in the chamber were arrested by Capitol Police.

SAVE Act Will Bar Millions of Citizens from Voting

The bill calls for voters to provide proof of citizenship at election offices, while ending voter registration drives, mail-in and online registration.

Poor Once More: Millions of Families Thrown Back Into Poverty as Child Tax...

Image: Loree D. Jones, CEO of Philabundance, a hunger relief project in Philadelphia, was among several experts speaking on the expiration of the Child...
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Lessons of the Pandemic – Demanding Equal Access to the Internet as a...

The Internet has become so central to modern life that access to it is a necessity.

Could Congress Ban Citizenship Question from 2020 Census?

Congress may hold the key to stopping the Census Bureau from adding the highly controversial question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census.

Citizenship Question: Still a Challenge to an Accurate 2020 Census

The Constitution requires that America’s decennial census count all persons residing in the United States, not just citizens, a clearly stated objective now at risk.