The ability to shop online for groceries with food stamps is more than just a convenience. During this pandemic, it’s possibly a matter of life and death.
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Week 24: Make voting a habit
No, no one is getting elected for president, Congress, or state government in the Nov. 7 election. Yes, you should still vote.
Giving Tuesday: Support real solutions to hunger
Donating food helps the hungry. But the best way to end hunger is to stop it before it starts.
Poverty in America: Hope for the future
The stories I have shared bring you up against the realities of the new Gilded Age. They’re the stories of the have-nots in an era in which we glamorize and fetishize the world of the haves.
President Obama’s new budget would expand tax credits for low-income workers
President Obama’s annual budget, released earlier this month, includes a rare win for childless workers: an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
What the new Farm Bill means for SNAP/food stamps
Who are the winners and losers in last week’s passing of a new Farm Bill? What the next five years will hold for hunger and agriculture in the U.S.
Six lessons from the 50-year War on Poverty
After 50 years of struggle, are we losing the war on poverty? Ask 1 in 5 U.S. children and 1 in 3 adults. Here are six lessons that I have learned from the long war, as well as one hard truth.
Can millionaire Rep. Gingrey get food stamps?
Last week Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) complained in a closed-door GOP meeting that many congressional aides “may be 33 years old now and not making a lot of money. But in a few years they can just go to K Street and make 500,000 a year. Meanwhile I’m stuck here making $172,000 a year.” The […]
The 5th Anniversary of the Great Recession
Five years ago this week, one of the country’s largest investment banks went bankrupt. With the bursting of the “housing bubble,” Lehman Brothers’ risky financial escapades put not just them but the entire US economy on the brink of collapse. Credit markets seized up, policymakers were panicked, the stock market was plummeting, and other big banks feared […]
Unfinished Business from the Great March on Washington
If we want to honor the Great March on Washington that took place fifty years ago today, we shouldn’t limit ourselves to nostalgia and reciting speeches. We should work to fulfill the concrete economic justice demands of the marchers. The news media and the public, across the political spectrum, have given tremendous attention in recent days […]
