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Food insecurity already affects 12 million US homes – and reductions in SNAP benefits won’t help

Of the 34 million Americans who suffer from food insecurity, 9 million are children. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Digital Vision via Getty Images by Hilary Seligman, University...

Extra food assistance cushioned the early pandemic’s blow on kids’ mental health

The pandemic-era expansion of SNAP benefits ended in all U.S. states by March 2023. aogreatkim/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images by Grace Melo, Texas A&M University;...

Extra SNAP benefits are ending as US lawmakers resume battle over program that helps low-income Americans buy food

by Tracy Roof, University of Richmond Millions of Americans will find it harder to put enough food on the table starting in March 2023, after...

Half of Philadelphia households struggle to make ends meet, according to United Way report

Janel Turner, (bottom right), her husband, and two of her sons, at their home in Philadelphia’s Nicetown neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) by...

Preventing the Fall of America

As we have celebrated the birthday and contribution of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one has to be concerned about the America that has...

Mayweather-Pacquiao tickets sell out in less than a minute

The upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao matchup is being dubbed the “fight of the century,” and boxing fans are making sure they’ll be there...

Top five 'food stamp' states per capita

  Food stamps, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, are offered to Americans who earn a gross income amount that's less than 130 percent...

Our own worst enemy

(NNPA)—Black Democrats are the most despised people on the face of this earth and they have worked hard to deserve this designation. They vote upwards...

Obama signs farm bill that trims food stamps

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law an agriculture spending bill that will spread benefits to farmers in...

Where bipartisanship is out of order

(NNPA)—Former Kansas Senator and 1996 Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole was recently presented with an award that is named after him. The World Food...

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