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New SNAP Policy Will Force People Over 50 to Work to Retain Food Benefits
About 750,000 people are forced to work or lose food stamp benefits because of the new bipartisan compromise over SNAP.
Food Insecurity in US Reaches Its Highest Number Since December 2020
Experts predicted a “looming hunger cliff” back in March. They were right, data shows.
Bush Files to Strike Expanded Work Requirements for SNAP Out of Debt Limit Bill
“Work requirements are ineffective at best, and deadly at worst,” Rep. Cori Bush said.
New Work Requirements for Food Aid Would Deepen Hunger and Poverty, Critics Warn
This provision of the new debt ceiling agreement comes as food banks across the United States are seeing demand surge.
The SNAP Expansion Helped Me Lead a Dignified Life on Disability — Now It’s Gone
Pandemic social programs were a life saver. Now conservatives want to shred what little is left after they expired.
Biden-GOP Debt Ceiling Deal Slashes Assistance Programs and Protects the Wealthy
The deal will impose new work requirements on benefits recipients while protecting the spiraling pentagon budget.
McCarthy Pushes More Work Requirements for Medicaid and SNAP in Debt Talks
Biden could invoke the 14th Amendment to resolve the crisis over the debt ceiling for now, argues Robert Kuttner.
Pandemic-Era Programs Are Coming to End — But the Fight for Justice Isn’t
The helpful programs, as well as the national missteps, can teach us how to chart a better path forward as a society.
Sanders Calls on Biden to Fight for Working People in Debt Ceiling Battle
“We have already too much inequality in America,” said Sanders. “Let's not make it worse.”
Debt Limit Vote Offers a Preview of GOP Attacks If Party Controls Congress
The rush proposal cuts funding for federal agencies and expands work requirements for Medicaid and food stamps.