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SNAP Stories: 'This Was a Lifeline'

Billy Shore | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: No Kid Hungry, Farm Bill, Food Stamps, Food Assistance Government, Snap Food Poverty, SNAP Program, Snap Poverty, Impact News
Billy Shore

Some of the voices least often heard in the corridors of Congress are those of the families who can't afford lobbyists, don't make campaign contributions, but who can bear witness first hand to the life-changing benefits of a food and nutrition assistance program like SNAP.

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Senate Budget Plans Range From Extreme to Unimaginable

Deborah Weinstein | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Low-Income, Federal Budget, Taxes, SNAP Program, Senate, Budget 2013, Congress, Budget, Senate Budget, 112th Congress, Politics News
Deborah Weinstein

Today, the Coalition on Human Needs sent a letter making these points to every senator. May 16, 2012 Dear Senator: Today you will have the opportun...

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Prosperity for Whom?

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: SNAP Program, Paul Ryan Budget, Medicare, Medicaid, Paul Ryan, Gop Ryan Budget, Ryan Budget, Paul Ryan Budget Proposal, Obama Paul Ryan Budget, Affordable Care Act, Obama Budget, Obama Budget Proposal, Video, Politics News
Rep. Charles Rangel

We should let our moral compass guide us as America decides how its tax dollars are spent. The Republicans and President Obama are offering two different visions of prosperity. The question is, "Prosperity for whom?"

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The Farm Subsidy Jackpot

Donald Carr | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Agribusiness, Congress, Lottery, Farm Subsidies, Food Stamps, SNAP Program, Farm Bill, Politics News
Donald Carr

Would critics of SNAP exhibit the same level of outrage if they learned that several Roby, Texas, cotton farmers shared a $46 million jackpot in 1996 and still receive hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece in federal subsidies for years after?

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Food Stamps' Big Beneficiaries

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Business News, Video, Food Stamp Program, Newt Gingrich Food Stamps, Newt Gingrich, Food Stamps, SNAP Program, President Obama, Business News

Food stamps are saving many of the nation's poorest children. The food stamp program -- now officially called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance P...

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Debunking Myths About Food Stamps

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Food, Food Stamps, US Poverty, SNAP Program, Snap, Health, Food Stamp Myths, Personal Health, Healthy Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Food insecurity in America is a major public health concern that has increased significantly during the recent economic recession. The upcoming presidential election has put a spotlight on the increase in SNAP enrollment in recent years.

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Eating On $3.39 a Day Is No SNAP, Nevadans Find

Darcy DeMarco | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Las Vegas, Nevada, Food Assistance, Poverty, Food Stamps, SNAP Program, offthebus2012, Offthebus, Hunger, Politics News
Darcy DeMarco

Volunteers in Southern Nevada willingly lived for a week on a budget of $4.06 a day for food -- the average daily benefit for a single person on food stamps.

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Most SNAP Households Have Children, Elderly, Disabled, or Are Working

Melissa Boteach | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Welfare, Food Stamps, Newt Gingrich, Welfare Reform, SNAP Program, Black Voices News
Melissa Boteach

Newt Gingrich's plan to reduce food stamp participation doesn't address the most important issue: the lack of well-paying jobs.

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Racism, Dr. King, and Food Stamps

Joel Berg | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Hunger, Martin Luther King, Food Stamps, SNAP Program, Poor People's Campaign, Jamie Whitten, Rick Santorum, Social Programs, Martin Luther King Day, Strom Thurmond, Newt Gingrich, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, New York News
Joel Berg

Dr. Martin Luther King, responding to near-starvation conditions found in parts of the U.S., viewed access to food as a civil rights issue. King made the hunger issue a central component of his Poor People's Campaign.

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Local Food Banks Can't Keep Up With Demand

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Video, Hunger, Hungry Families, Food Banks, Food Stamps, SNAP Program, Food Assistance, Detroit, Detroit Impact, Gleaners, Michigan Food Banks, Detroit Food Banks, Food Stamps Asset Test, Detroit News

Food banks in metro Detroit are struggling to keep up with demand as food assistance from federal and state programs is being cut. John Kastler, a ...

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SNAP to Health: Strengthening Nutrition in the Federal Food Stamp Program

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Food Stamps Eligibility, Nutritional Assistance Program, Snap, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food Stamps, SNAP Program, Health News, Healthy Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Until now, there has not been a single place where interested individuals across multiple sectors could convene to discuss ideas about how to improve nutrition among SNAP beneficiaries. Launched today, the SNAP to Health website will do just that.

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Five Ways to Save Billions -- and Boost the Nation's Health

Neal Barnard, M.D. | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Food, Debt, Budget, Taxpayers, Nutrition, Sugar Snacks Heart Disease, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Obesity Health, SNAP Program, Heart Disease, Snap, Snap Obesity, Politics News
Neal Barnard, M.D.

While Congress debates how to cure America's massive debt problem, let me offer a doctor's prescription: five smart cuts could save taxpayers $383 billion and make Americans healthier at the same time.

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State Accidentally Drops Woman From Food Stamps

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, Food Stamps, SNAP Program, Social Security, What's Your Problem?, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois Department of Human Services, Chicago News

In late January, the Illinois Department of Human Services sent Susan Shaf a letter announcing that her monthly food stamp benefits were going down st...

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