“Federal officials are continuing to consider a proposal that would require stores that accept food stamp cards be required to stock far more healthy food choices for customers than they […]
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Letter to the Editor: Attack inequality, not those who need assistance
“Regarding ‘Workers Struggle While Laziness Is Rewarded’ (Aug. 24): Letter writer Christopher Stewart is right to be outraged at people living high on the hog on the taxpayers’ dime without […]
Coffee shop, other new ventures to perk up Millvale
“A long-planned revitalization in Millvale is taking shape…. In 2013, Just Harvest, a South Side nonprofit that works to reduce poverty and hunger, identified Millvale as an area that lacks easy […]
Welfare to Work? How people are faring 20 years after welfare reform
“Twenty years ago today, President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law. The sweeping overhaul was meant to move people from welfare to work and to end what critics saw […]
Can McKees Rocks Share In Pittsburgh’s Success?
“McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania is just 15 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. It has a rich history. The first American Eagle Outfitters opened there in 1912. A native American burial mound in […]
Food stamp time limit affects about 10,000 Pennsylvanians
“A three-month time limit on food stamps for unemployed or underemployed adults age 18 to 50 who aren’t disabled or raising minor children means about 10,000 Pennsylvanians lost food stamp […]
Pittsburgh advocacy groups to seek ballot initiative to fund affordable-housing trust fund
“Affordable-housing issues could be put to the Pittsburgh voters this fall. Labor-advocacy group Pittsburgh United is leading the charge to gather 15,000 signatures that would place a referendum to city […]
Bloomfield Saturday Market returns with more than just food
Farmers’ markets have always been preeminent destinations for buying fresh local produce. Over the last few years, though, these markets have grown into creative forums that aim to address community needs. […]
Fresh Corners still seeking Penn Hills site
“A pilot program offering affordable and healthy food options that was set to start in Penn Hills last fall has yet to take off. Fresh Corners, a project geared to […]
Food-stamp rule forcing thousands to look for work
Get a job or go hungry, the state is warning 33,000 Pennsylvanians at risk of losing food stamps. A rule change is forcing that many people to get a job […]