By Julia Conley The Trump administration on Monday moved to change the definition of “poverty” in the United States in a proposal which combines the president’s atte... Read more
UnidosUS (formerly NCLR) denounced the Senate budget resolution, S. Con. Res. 25., last week. The budget amends H. Con. Res. 71, the budget blueprint passed by the House earlier this month,... Read more
Across the country, Americans are working longer hours for less money and fewer benefits. New Mexicans are working harder, but are finding it more and more difficult to make ends meet. All t... Read more
All shopping is not created equal — we all have our preferred soaps and phone brands. I’d rather walk a bit further to my favorite grocery store than the closer one at the end of the block.... Read more
UnidosUS (formerly NCLR) has received a $3.9 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to fund its Young Adult Re-Entry Project, a new initiative that seeks to give justice... Read more
Cum laude, my diploma reads — “with honor.” But cum debitum, “with debt,” is a bit more accurate. Collectively, América’s student borrowers owe $1.7 trillion. On average, each graduating sen... Read more
Like rose blossoms, a politician’s promises can be beautiful when they burst into full, glorious bloom — only to fade over time and, petal by petal, fall away. Take Donald Trump’s glorious p... Read more
Headlines about the nation’s housing market have focused on the low homeownership rate, currently stalled at 63%, compared to a high in 2001 of more than 73%. Yet, little attention has been... Read more
Like millions of people in this country, we know what it is like to make the minimum wage and struggle every day to cover the basics: putting a roof over our heads, clothes on our backs, and... Read more
When you’re in a hole, it’s usually best to stop digging. But when President Trump told supporters at his 100th day rally in Pennsylvania that “we are putting our coal miners back to work,”... Read more