May 21, 2013

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'It Is Nowhere Near Enough': Advice For Cory Booker's Food Stamp Challenge

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.06.2012 | Politics

Newark mayor Cory Booker is living on food stamps this week, spending less than $5 a day on his meals. Some critics have suggested that a week isn't e...

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Hungry Families Crowd Food Stamp Centers In NYC

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 11.06.2012 | Business

Read More: Welfare, Fema, Benefits, Video, Disaster Relief, Human Resources Administration, Coney Island, Public Assistance, Bay Ridge, Ebt, Business News

Kayla Noell was having a tough time even before the hurricane. The 21-year-old single mom uses the $526 in food stamps she receives each month to feed...

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New Restrictions Target Tattoos, Strippers And Booze

AP | SHANNON YOUNG | Posted 09.17.2012 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Video, Welfare Reform, Welfare Restrictions, Ebt, Electronic Benefit Transfer, Politics News

BOSTON — Taking aim at what they call an abuse of the taxpayers' money, a growing number of states are blocking welfare recipients from spending...

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More Farmers' Markets To Accept Food Stamps

AP | ALLEN G. BREED | Posted 07.09.2012 | Home

Read More: Kathleen Merrigan, Video, Food Stamps, Snap, Farmers' Markets SNAP, Farmers' Markets, Ebt, Home News

RALEIGH, N.C. — The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers. Currently, fewer than a quarter...

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House Votes On 'Strip Club Loophole'

AP | By LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 12.15.2011 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Video, House GOP, Welfare Reform, Erik Paulsen, Welfare Liquor Store, Welfare Strip Club, Gwen Moore, Ebt, House Republicans, Strip Club Loophole, Welfare Casino, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The nation's main welfare program would be funded for the next nine months under a bill passed Thursday by the House, which also banned ...

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How Banks Profit Off Welfare In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 11.18.2011 | Business

Read More: Welfare, Xerox, California, Debit Fees, Welfare California, Fees, Surcharges, Acs, Ebt, Debit Card Fees, Bank Fees California, Business News

Rodney Robinson, a single father in Los Angeles, needs government help to pay his rent. But getting that help from the state of California involves sh...

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Bus-Based Market Gears Up Sell Fresh, Cheap Produce In D.C. Food Deserts

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 11.14.2011 | DC

Read More: Video, Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture, Food Stamps, District of Columbia, Food Desert, Food, Mobile Market, Fresh Produce, Ebt, DC News

WASHINGTON -- With awareness growing about "food desert" communities locally, one area restaurant consortium is launching a new program aiming to brin...

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Eco Etiquette: Organic On Food Stamps To The Test (VIDEO)

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Dried Beans, Fast Food, Clean 15, Bulk Bin, Food Stamps, Farmers Markets, Healthy Eating, Recession, Cheap Food, Eco Etiquette, Obesity, Organic Food, Ebt, Government Subsidies, Green Advice, Green News

I attempted to put together an entire week's worth of well-balanced organic meals on a budget of just over $33 (the average weekly benefit for an American on food stamps).

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Eco Etiquette: Can You Eat Organic on Food Stamps?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Organic Food, Food Stamps, Green Advice, Clean 15, Bulk Bin, Farmers Markets, Fast Food, Government Subsidies, Cheap Food, Green Living, Obesity, Dried Beans, Recession, Ebt, Green News

Eating healthy -- even organic -- shouldn't be viewed as a privilege for the liberal elite. In fact, it should be common sense.

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Enlisting Goldman in Our Recovery

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Infrastructure, JP Morgan, Sec, Privatization, Build America Bonds, p3s, Asset Leases, Energy, Ebt, Freight Rail, Politics News

We must modernize the rules governing our financial institutions swiftly so that we can turn to a more pressing matter - how to move capital into our ...

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Homeless in Columbia: Making Money, Making Decisions

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Read More: Cell Phones, Unemployment, Smoking, Food Stamps, Cigarettes, Homelessness, Money, South Carolina, Savings, Ebt, Columbia, College News

Today we'll look at some of the decision-making processes that the homeless make around Columbia. What I'm learning is that, like anybody, the homeless rarely make decisions based on pure reason.

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