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Food Stamps
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Should Poor People Eat? Let’s Hear From Both Sides!
Either there was a massive economic collapse, or people are cheating the government. Who's to say which side is right?
The Misery Trick: Republican Bait-and-Switch on the Budget
Republicans are playing a trick on people with the negotiations over the budget and threats to shut down the government.
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Criminalization, Race and Food Access in a Time of Hyper-Afrophobia
The right to access quality food is profoundly connected to the rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. People of color should enjoy all these rights, but …
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Republicans Nix Food Stamps: This Is Who They Are
“Republicans famously seem intent on being a party of white sanctuary,” writes Robert Borosage in the wake of GOP intentions to cut food assistance programs.
America Feeds the Rich
New legislation slashed the budget for food stamps to pad the pockets of big agribusiness.
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Entitlements Are Fundamental Human Rights, Not Political Poker Chips to Be Bargained Away
The basic necessities of life are not for government to give or withhold based on its current budget situation.
Lies of Plutocracy: Exploding Five Myths that Dehumanize the Poor
If you believe that poverty is the domain of the comfortably poor, black, unemployed, unmotivated and uneducated among us, you have been sadly misled.
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Millions Go Hungry as Congress Considers Food Stamp Cuts and Drought Threatens Crops
A Gallup poll released this week shows that 18.2 percent of Americans did not have enough money to buy the food they or their families needed at least once …
Jaw-Dropping Corruption: America’s 47 Million Hungry Mouths Are Just Another Corporate Cash Cow
An attorney's courageous report exposes just how ruthless and greedy big business is capable of being.
Economic Update: “False Choices and Bad Decisions”
Updates on Chinese economy's response to global crisis, $6.6 billion legal deal among banks, credit card companies and retailers, and food stamp cuts threatened.