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Biden Boosted Food Stamps. Let’s Do the Same to All US Anti-Poverty Programs.
Changing the landscape of poverty and inequality calls for increased public benefits paid for with tax revenues.
Biden Admin Announces Largest Increase to Food Stamps in Program History
The average recipient in the program will see their benefits go up by about $36 per month.
Biden Admin Scraps Trump Rule That Would Have Kicked 3 Million Off Food Stamps
The rule change could have also removed around 1 million children from being eligible to have free meals at school.
Warren, Sanders Propose Permanently Expanding Food Stamps to College Students
The bill could help millions of students continue to access SNAP benefits beyond the pandemic.
USDA Scraps Trump Effort to Take Food Benefits From More Than a Million People
The Trump-era policy would have imposed more draconian work requirements on SNAP recipients.
54 Million Americans Are Projected to Be Food Insecure by End of Year
While every group has suffered in this pandemic year, race matters -- a lot -- when it comes to the degree of suffering.
Many Workers at Largest Corporations in US Depend on Federal Benefits to Survive
Walmart and McDonald's depend on taxpayers to subsidize the income of many workers because their wages are so low.
Joe Biden Should Cancel Student Debt on Day One
In the absence of further stimulus payments, debt cancellation would offer immediate relief to millions of households.
GAO Study Shows How Taxpayers Subsidize “Starvation Wages” of Corporate Giants
“The real looting in America is the Walton family becoming $63 billion richer during a pandemic,” tweeted Sanders.
Millions of Children Go Hungry as Mitch McConnell Blocks Stimulus Bill
Desperately needed emergency food assistance would expire on September 30 under McConnell’s “skinny” stimulus bill.