Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on twin threats facing America's farmworkers -- exposure to excessive heat and to pesticides -- and what a network of advocacy groups did to help them. And we unveil CHN's latest Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship, which this week looks at the new and improving IRS. Meanwhile, if you know of colleagues, friends, family members or others who you think should subscribe to the weekly Voices blog summary, please encourage them to do so here.
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This week on the blog...
Collected: 16,512 long-sleeve, lightly colored shirts to protect farmworkers from excessive heat, pesticide exposure
May 2
Each year in the U.S., tens if not hundreds of thousands of farmworkers are exposed to dangerous pesticides while working crop productions. The exact number is not known – years back, the Centers for Disease Control reported that diagnosed cases of sickness from pesticide poisoning range from 10,000 to 20,000 annually. And many more workers are exposed to excessive heat. READ MORE »
CHN's latest Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship
May 3
The IRS is improving edition. Back in 2022, as part of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the Internal Revenue Service received an additional $80 billion over a decade to modernize. $20 billion of that money was “clawed back” as a result of an agreement between Republicans and the White House to suspend the national debt limit and prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its financial obligations. Now some in Congress would like to see the agency’s budget shrink further, not grow. But the facts are in as to how the IRS is making use of its new funds – and the news is good, particularly for taxpayers with modest incomes. READ MORE »
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