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In case you missed it... this week the Voices for Human Needs blog mourned the passing of former CHN Executive Director Susan Rees. And we examined Wall Street's coronavirus panic and dug deeper into President Trump's budget hypocrisy. Finally, we detailed a new Children's Defense Fund report on the shameful state of America's children. Please share!

This week on the blog...

Remembering Susan Rees
Feb. 28
Susan Rees passed away on February 1. At this sad moment, we at CHN celebrate Susan’s vision and strength, and rededicate ourselves to further her work. Susan helped to build the Coalition on Human Needs into an organization that has endured, committed to reducing economic injustice and poverty. As Executive Director from 1983 to 1991, Susan strengthened a coalition of faith groups, labor, policy experts, service providers and civil rights groups to fight against the Reagan Administration’s efforts to weaken the federal role in helping low-income people and protecting against racial discrimination. READ MORE »

Wall Street's coronavirus panic means little to Americans without wealth to invest
Feb. 27
Monday’s 1,031-point stock market plunge certainly brought panic to financiers, traders, policymakers and investors. But did the long stock market rise parallel the fortunes of America’s real economy? "Journalists are obsessed with the stock market,” says Jacob Hacker, director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. “But for most Americans, it's a side show in their economic lives. What really matters to them is the security of their jobs and health care, and the amount they have to pay for big-ticket items like housing and education.” READ MORE »

Euphemism radar and the Trump Budget
Feb. 25
When I turned my attention to President Trump’s new budget, my Euphemism Radar was engaged. And there’s a lot. The Trump Administration wants to do a lot of modernizing, modifying, reallocating, reforming, and improving program or payment integrity. A common theme emerges: they’re all about cutting. READ MORE »

'The shameful state of our children is not an inevitability -- it is a choice.'
Feb. 24
Every two seconds in America, a public school student is suspended. Every nine seconds, a high school student drops out. Every 43 seconds, a young person is arrested and every 47 seconds, a child is abused or neglected. A child or teenager is killed with a gun every two hours and 34 minutes; suicide claims the life of a young person every five hours. These are but a few of the sobering statistics included in "The State of America’s Children 2020," recently published by the Children’s Defense Fund. READ MORE »

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