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The Rise Of Food Stamp Use In America
The cost of the program — which spiked during the recession — currently accounts for nearly 14% of …
Steven Perlberg
Chef Tom Colicchio Wails On House Republicans After They Vote To Cut Food Stamps
Celebrity chef Tom Colicchio, who is a big defender of food stamps, and frequently raises awareness…
GOP Reps Explain Why They Went Against Their Party On Cutting Food Stamps
H.R. 3102 contains several taxpayer-friendly reforms to the SNAP program which I have previously vo…
Josh Barro
House Republicans Vote To Cut Food Stamps By $39 Billion
Currently, 48 million Americans receive SNAP benefits. The Congressional Budget Office has estimate…
Josh Barro
Millions Of Americans Are Now Going To Have Their Food Stamps Cut After Congress Fails To Act
"This is a serious cut, especially considering that over 80 percent of SNAP participants live in po…
Agence France Presse
Biden has scrapped Trump's plan to kick 3 million people off food stamps
Millions of Americans would have lost access to food stamps with around a million children losing f…
Thomas Colson
Shoppers Stampede Walmart After Glitch Temporarily Lifts Food Stamp Spending Limits
"I saw people drag out eight to ten grocery carts," Springhill Police Chief Will Lynd told ABC. "I…
Hayley Peterson
McDonald's Hotline Caught Urging Employee To Get Food Stamps And Other Federal Assistance
McDonald's has not responded to Business Insider's request for comment on this story. In a statemen…
Hayley Peterson
Amazon will soon start accepting food stamps
Other participating retailers include Safeway, ShopRite, Hy-Vee, Hart's Local Grocers, and Dash's M…
Leanna Garfield
Paul Krugman Against Reality
Krugman may have missed this because he's been misled by his own paper's coverage of the issue. He …
Josh Barro
There's No Sign Of Economic Recovery In America's 'Soup Lines' [Chart]
For those getting increasingly optimistic about the U.S. economic recovery, here's a pretty depress…
Mamta Badkar
In A Big Blow To Boehner, House Defeats Farm Bill
There has to be a farm bill. Reauthorizing farm subsidies is (unfortunately) a political necessity,…
Josh Barro
America's Welfare State Is Not Working Nearly As Well As It Should
But some worry that welfare is once again encouraging idleness. Paul Ryan, the Republicans' congres…
6 million people enrolled for food stamps in the first 3 months of the US coronavirus outbreak as America's superrich kept getting wealthier
That figure could rise even further if the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) A…
Mia Jankowicz
Shoppers who use food stamps are turning to Amazon to buy groceries online during the pandemic, and it could help the company win business away from Walmart
Both Amazon and Walmart accept food stamps for groceries purchased online as part of a pilot progra…
Avery Hartmans
Gwyneth Paltrow is living off food stamps this week, but what she bought for $29 is completely unrealistic
But Vipond understands that a healthier $29 shopping cart haul isn't necessarily accessible for the…
Caroline Moss
Senate Republicans won't expand food stamps program in pandemic relief proposal. It does suggest doubling the 'three-martini lunch' tax deduction
The act doesn't expand upon the SNAP program but suggested doubling the "three-martini-lunch deduct…
Lauren Frias
Data from states shows thousands of Amazon employees are on food stamps
Senator Bernie Sanders, a vocal critic of Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos, announced on Friday he wil…
Dennis Green
Biden's about to raise food stamps to $157 a month from $121 - the biggest boost ever
Biden's action permanently gives roughly 42 million Americans an extra 40 cents per meal. It works …
Ben Winck
Federal judge rules against Trump administration's proposal that would have rid food stamps for 700,000
The proposall would have left "States scrambling and exponentially increasing food insecurity for t…