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Poverty Is at Emergency Levels in the US. Why Isn’t It a Midterm Election Issue?
Issues like raising the minimum wage and expanding health care should be front and center.
Manchin Helped to Impoverish 4 Million Children When He Killed Child Tax Credit
Working people don't stand a chance in a nation that despises the poor and caters to those with power.
2021 Had Lowest-Ever Supplemental Poverty Rate, Thanks to Stimulus Provisions
The Census Bureau finds the child tax credit and stimulus payments were two of the top drivers of poverty reduction.
Sanders Slams Manchin for Swapping Paid Leave for Oil Handouts in Reconciliation
Concessions in the Inflation Reduction Act make it far weaker than last year’s Build Back Better Act, Sanders said.
Warren Slams McConnell for Saying Labor Shortage Is Due to the Stimulus Checks
Sen. Mitch McConnell's statement is “absurdly out of touch,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.
“No Child Should Go Hungry”: Democrats Push to Extend Universal School Meals
The universal school meal program is set to end at the end of this month, leaving millions of children at risk.
Child Hunger Has Skyrocketed Since Manchin, GOP Killed Expanded Child Tax Credit
The first month that eligible families stopped receiving monthly payments, 3.7 million kids were thrown into poverty.
Expanding Child Tax Credit Improved Kids’ Lives. Congress Should Do It Again.
An expanded Child Tax Credit would acknowledge and support the work that mothers do every day.
Sanders Blasts Senate for Favoring Corporate Welfare Over Child Care and Climate
The Senate voted down Bernie Sanders's proposal to cut moon-lander funding that could benefit Jeff Bezos.
Democrats Lost 12-Point Lead Among Child Tax Credit Recipients After It Expired
The polling suggests that going big on economic issues will help give Democrats a boost in the midterms.