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Grocery chains leave food deserts barren, AP analysis finds

EATONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — As part of Michelle Obama's healthy eating initiative, a group of major food retailers promised in 2011 to open or...

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...

To Be Equal…Ryan budget represents height of irresponsibility

“Affluent Americans would do quite well.  But for tens of millions of others, the Ryan plan is a path to more adversity.”  Robert Greenstein,...

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...

Homelessness increases in U.S.

WASHINGTON (NNPA) –The downturn in the economy and a lack of local resources have forced more Americans to live under bridges, in their cars...

Removing the punch bowl too fast

  Last week the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee announced it will ease back on its “pedal to the metal” monetary easing policy. The...

U.S. winning the 'War on Poverty’

  WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Nearly 50 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty, a new report finds that robust social safety net...

Child Watch: Preventable Hunger in Our Land of Plenty

While many American families gathered around the Thanksgiving table last week, some of us combined this year’s traditional dinners with Hanukkah feasts, a too...

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