Human Rights Issues – Collaborative Center For Justice

September 3, 2019

Action Alert, Human Rights Issues, Women, Children, & Families

Public Comment Opportunity – Protect SNAP!

The Issue: The Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: The Trump administration wants to replace the ways different states calculate who is eligible for food assistance through SNAP, with a single federal standard. Currently, states may raise the eligibility limit for families for low-income families whose childcare […]

September 3, 2019

Guest Blog, Human Rights Issues, Women, Children, & Families

Protect Nutrition Assistance for 3.1 Million Residents

The Collaborative Center for Justice staff submitted an objection to a proposed Trump administration rule change that would leave 3.1 million residents food insecure. See our comment below. Click here to read our explanation of the public comment period, and click here to submit your own comment in opposition to […]

March 22, 2018

Action Alert, Environmental Justice, Global Issues, Human Rights Issues

Today is World Water Day!

March 22 is recognized globally as a day to give thanks for the precious natural resource of water, and to reflect on its importance in maintaining life. It is also a day to focus on how we can better protect our water sources from pollution and mismanagement, and ensure access […]

December 7, 2016

Global Issues, Human Rights Issues

World Human Rights Day – December 10

Human Rights Day A reflection on Human Rights Day, 10 December. Watch it here (01:33)

March 17, 2016

Action Alert, Environmental Justice, Global Issues, Human Rights Issues

Indigenous Activist Berta Caceres Assassinated in Honduras

Let us walk in solidarity with the people of Honduras On the night of March 3, Honduran environmental and indigenous leader Berta Cáceres was brutally murdered in her home. As co-founder of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), Berta had led the Lenca indigenous communities […]

February 9, 2012

Human Rights Issues, Immigration, Women, Children, & Families

Children of Immigrants Targeted by Tax Warfare in Congress

Children of Immigrants Targeted by Tax Warfare in Congress by Michelle Chen The fundamental injustice of the tax system grows clearer as tax day looms ominously over working people and a few horde more and more of the nation’s wealth. Short of a total collapse of capitalism, the primary redistributive […]