Tag: food stamps

In August, the Trump administration ramped up its next phase in the war on immigrants when it decided to deny green cards or visas to...

Whenever Democrats propose policies to make college more affordable or to provide healthcare as a human right, there’s always someone bound to ask, “How...

Republicans love to tout "smaller government" and "protecting small business owners." Well, if the facade hasn't fallen away yet, perhaps the next installment of targeted genocide against the...

On Friday, Fox News aired a report which alleged that food stamp fraud was at an all-time high. Host Abby Huntsman commented: "Food stamp fraud...

President-elect Donald Trump has a new policy adviser who is lacking in one thing: compassion. Ken Blackwell, a Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment at the Family...

The state of Georgia has re-ignited a firestorm of debate by announcing plans to extend its program of witholding food stamps from any able-bodied,...

Mabel McFiggin was an unemployed factory worker in May of 1939. Living in poverty, she was struggling to feed her family. She was the...

A new viral video is circulating on the internet of a hateful woman tearing down a man trying to purchase groceries for his child,...

This week on "Full Frontal," Samantha Bee covered President Obama's plans to make diapers more affordable to low-income moms and the confusing objections posed by Republican...

Across the country, hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans are set to lose their food stamp benefits in the upcoming weeks, as harsh new...

As many as one million Americans will stop receiving food stamps effective from April 2, 2016. This is as a result of a 20-year...

Originally published at Poor as Folk and reprinted with permission.   Today’s 12 things are all things food assistance related: 1. 12,000 unemployed Arkansans will lose SNAP...

A New York state Senator thinks she knows exactly what those on food stamps should and should not be able to buy with their...

So this is what we've come to in America? People are now being harassed just because they used their SNAP benefit card to buy...

A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control detailed a survey taken between 2011-’12. The study found that “no significant difference was seen...

I like to call what the Oklahoma Republican Party did when they got caught red-handed comparing those on Food Stamps to wild animals a...

The Republican Party of Oklahoma has decided that it would be a good idea to compare Americans who are on Food Stamps to wild...

While speaking at an event focusing on alleviating poverty in the United States earlier this week, President Obama took on the lies of Fox...

You've simply got to love the backwards ways in which Republicans go about trying to prove they're fiscally conservative and want to increase personal...

If you were wondering how long it would take before some Scrooge McDuck member of the Republican Party would step forward and blame what...