Tag: SNAP

Whenever Democrats propose policies to make college more affordable or to provide healthcare as a human right, there’s always someone bound to ask, “How...

As many as one million Americans will stop receiving food stamps effective from April 2, 2016. This is as a result of a 20-year...

Food stamp recipients seem to be a problem according to Alabama’s Republican Sen. Arthur Orr (Decatur). They have become such a problem that Orr...

Originally published at Poor as Folk and reprinted with permission.   Today’s 12 things are all things food assistance related: 1. 12,000 unemployed Arkansans will lose SNAP...

In November, amidst all of the GOP hysteria over the issue of allowing Syrian refugees into the United States, Nathan Deal, the Republican governor...

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Actress Gweneth Paltrow is living pretty rough these days. She can only spend $29 on food for the entire week. The actress hasn't fallen...

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For five days in the Fall of 1921, as many as 10,000 coal miners stood up for their rights as hard working Americans and...

For a third year, Walmart employees are planning to protest on Black Friday. Previous years proved to have little impact on the corporate giant;...

Poverty isn't usually about bad choices. People whose needs have always been met?seem to think that people are poor because they've made bad decisions...

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  A large animal veterinarian and Republican congressman from Florida, Ted Yoho -- who first received recognition because of his support of the "birther" conspiracy...

With over 2 million workers, Walmart is the largest employer in the U.S.?Although the company claims that the average hourly wage of its "associates"...

Mark Zuckerberg is already the wealthiest person in the world under 30. Now he, along with his wife Priscilla Chan, is also the most...

Pope Francis never ceases to amaze. Just days after being named Time's Person of the Year, the pontiff responded to his conservative critics, led...

At a time when 4 out of 5 Americans are near poverty, it's both appropriate and necessary that Americans recognize individuals of power and...

Can anyone please tell me how the Republican brain functions in the real world? Or how they get smart, thinking people to support their...

This month in November, a forty billion dollar cut in the agricultural bill for food stamps occurred, causing millions of families across the nation...

So, SNAP recipients are lazy, according to the U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. King shared that pearl of wisdom during a May discussion on...