“Young learners and families around the country rely on Head Start and eliminating funding for this essential program would be devastating to local communities,” warned one critic. Critics on Monday decried the Trump administration’s consideration of a budget proposal that would completely eliminate funding for the early childhood education program Head Start—which serves over 800,000 […]
“Now is the time for Congress to stand against unjustified attacks against FEMA and reject senseless cuts that will leave communities defenseless when a catastrophic disaster hits.” Over 40 organizations on Monday collectively rejected the Trump administration’s threats to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency and called on Congress to defend FEMA, which helps state, […]
“Donald Trump in a nutshell: doing everything he can to make the ultra-rich even richer,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “We need to find out if Trump’s tariff chaos was used as cover for insider trading.” A video clip of U.S. President Donald Trump openly boasting about enriching his billionaire friends is drawing outrage as the administration faces growing […]
“Oil companies know that protest works,” said Greenpeace USA’s leader. With cleanup efforts still underway in rural North Dakota on Friday after yet another Keystone crude oil pipeline spill, Greenpeace USA interim executive director Sushma Raman said that the incident “shows exactly why we need to protect protest, free speech, and the right to speak up against harm.” Keystone ruptured on […]