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Food stamps
Food stamps news and analysis from The Nation
February 16, 2018
The boxes are the epitome of hypocrisy for a party that spent eight years howling with rage about a first lady who just wanted school lunches to include more vegetables.
June 29, 2017
Immigrants are already not eligible for public benefits for five years after their arrival. So why did Trump act like they are?
March 31, 2017
Legislation passed this week would enrich a private contractor while throwing people off public assistance.
March 17, 2017
Confusion and fear about an immigration crackdown are causing some families to avoid food banks and public assistance programs.
November 7, 2016
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October 13, 2016
After welfare reform, poor people were supposed to be able to find work. Not all of them could—and then the jobs disappeared.
June 24, 2016
The move would kick 190,000 people out of the program, and it’s probably illegal.
March 9, 2016
Between 500,000 and 1 million people nationwide, most of them living in extreme poverty, will soon lose their SNAP benefits.
February 18, 2016
And it isn’t cutting food stamps.
February 10, 2016
From the crime bill to welfare reform, policies Bill Clinton enacted—and Hillary Clinton supported—decimated black America.
