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The Trump Budget Threatens Children’s Health

The Trump budget’s 20 percent cut to CHIP is not an acceptable starting point for the upcoming congressional debate over reauthorizing CHIP funding.

By Thomas Huelskoetter

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How the Trump Budget Threatens the American People

President Trump’s budget cuts translate into direct harms for Americans across the country.

By Harry Stein and Gregg Gelzinis

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Hands Off Our Air, Water, and Public Lands

Trump’s budget is a governmentwide assault on public health, the nation’s coasts and outdoors, and energy innovation.

By the CAP Energy and Environment Team

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8 Ways the Trump Budget Threatens the Health and Safety of American Families

The Trump budget would endanger the health and safety of American families while giving tax cuts to millionaires.

By Thomas Huelskoetter, Harry Stein, Karla Walter, Rachel West, Michela Zonta, Jamila Taylor, Alexandra Thornton, Alex Rowell, Ethan Gurwitz, and Luke Bassett

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The Trump Budget’s Attack on People with Disabilities

The Trump budget would be particularly damaging for Americans with disabilities.

By Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Harry Stein, Jackie Odum, Michela Zonta, and Rachel West

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How the Trump Budget Undermines Economic Security for Working Families

The Trump budget would squeeze working families for the benefit of wealthy elites.

By Rebecca Vallas, Harry Stein, Eliza Schultz, Neil Campbell, Kate Bahn, Regina Willensky, Kevin DeGood, Antoinette Flores, Ethan Gurwitz, Alexandra Thornton, Angela Hanks, Luke Bassett, and Myriam Alexander-Kearns

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The Trump Budget Will Worsen Climate Change While Hurting the Most-Affected Families

Between climate denial and severe budget cuts, President Trump is dealing a double blow to those living on the brink.

By Eliza Schultz and Erin Auel

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Disability Benefits Do Not Stop Men from Working

Disability benefits are not the cause of declining labor force participation among prime-age men.

By Shawn Fremstad and Katherine Gallagher Robbins

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President Trump’s Proposed Cuts to the Legal Services Corporation Would Increase the Justice Gap

Instead of trying to cut legal aid, President Trump should be investing in it.

By Catherine Ray

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Toward a Marshall Plan for America

The economy is not producing access to a good, stable middle-class life for people who do not go to college. On prudential and ethical grounds, progressives must do more to create decent job opportunities and secure family situations for all working people facing difficult economic conditions not within their control.

By Neera Tanden, Carmel Martin, Marc Jarsulic, Brendan Duke, Ben Olinsky, Melissa Boteach, John Halpin, Ruy Teixeira, and Rob Griffin

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Trump’s First 100 Days in 100 Seconds

Watch a 100-second run-down of Trump's chaotic first 100 days.

By the Center for American Progress

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100 Ways, in 100 Days, that Trump Has Hurt Americans

Trump’s actions during his first 100 days in office have time and again benefitted corporations and the wealthy at the expense of ordinary Americans.

By the Center for American Progress

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3 Communities that Would Be Devastated by Trump’s Threats Against Sanctuary Cities

Recent federal and state actions against sanctuary cities would gut these communities’ economic foundations and decimate the basic living standards of struggling Americans.

By Rejane Frederick

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Race Has Everything to Do with Trump’s Budget. Here’s Why.

Flawed racial stereotypes about welfare in America lay at the heart of the administration’s decision-making on the budget.

By Charles Badger

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Six States Leading the Charge on Second-Chance Policies

While criminal justice reform may be stalled in Congress for now, red, blue, and purple states alike are moving forward with their own reforms.

By Eliza Schultz and Rebecca Vallas

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