Lizzy Ratner is a journalist in New York City. She is co-editor of The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict (Nation Books).
For all its flaws, the food stamp program helps one in seven Americans put food on the table.
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A tribute to the writer, feminist and modern-day matriarch.
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