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Music, Hunger and Phoebe

Martin Cruz | Posted 12.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Hunger, Pheobe, Food Stamps, Senors of Marseille, Bands, Homelessness, Music vs Hunger, Cake Shop, Holidayholiday, Raising Money, Music, Impact News
Martin Cruz

My inspiration for using music to feed the hungry came from a 5-year-old girl from San Francisco who asked a very loving question: "What can we do to help?"

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Former Minnesota Businesswoman Of The Year Now Collecting Food Stamps

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 12.08.2009 | Impact

Read More: Darlene Brayton, Unemployment, Homelessness, Food Stamps, Jeremy Deron, Manuel LinoR-Rivas, Medical-Tourism, Javier Saavedra, Bearing Witness 2.0, Bearing Witness, Michigan-Unemployment, Child Support, Naomi Nixon, Ini Augistine, Impact News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up compelling local stories about the victims of the recession. In 2006,...

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As COBRA Subsidies Expire, Unemployed Fear High Insurance Costs

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 12.02.2009 | Impact

Read More: Food Stamps, Food Stamp Use, Soonercare, Janice Houston, Bearing Witness, Nicole Chabat, Cobra, Unemployment, Uninsured, Food Stamp Program, Mark Lunsford, Cobra Health Insurance, Families USA, Linda Cossins, Bearing Witness 2.0, Tracy Hardy, Cobra Subsidies, Netcare, Jim Kvek, Health Care, Main Line, Impact News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up compelling local stories about the victims of the recession. Federal...

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Food Stamps In New York

David Jones | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Working Poor, New York City News, Food Pantry, Food Stamp Recipients, Food Stamps, New York City, New York News
David Jones

Our food stamp policy is a holdover from the Giuliani's belief that benefits create dependency. The racist undertones of this policy -- given who is poor in this city -- are too obvious to ignore.

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One In Eight Americans On Food Stamps

New York Times | JASON DePARLE and ROBERT GEBELOFF | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Personal Finance, Poverty, America Food Stamps, Food Stamps, Economy, Business News

With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans ...

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USDA: States struggle to administer food stamps

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, New York, California, Food Stamps, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Usda, Wyoming, Low Income, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With more Americans going hungry than ever before, the Agriculture Department is concerned that dozens of states aren't adequately ...

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Let's Get Serious About America's Hunger Crisis

Gordon Campbell | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Hunger, Food Stamp Program, Charity, Food Stamps, Nonprofits, Non-Profits, United Way, Food, New York News
Gordon Campbell

Forty-nine million Americans do not have dependable access to adequate food. That's nearly 15 percent who struggle to get enough to eat, up from 11 percent a year earlier.

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More Americans Are Going Hungry: Report

The Washington Post | Amy Goldstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: America Poverty, Hungry Americans, Food Stamps, America Hunger, Wic, Americans, American Households, Food in America, American Children Hunger, Subsidized School Lunches, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Living News

The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been ...

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It's the Poverty, Stupid, Not Pre-K Skills

Susan Ohanian | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Business Roundtable, US Department of Education, Food Stamps, Arne Duncan, Poverty, Healthy, Congress, Dental Caries, Skills, Neo-Liberal, Pre-K, Politics News
Susan Ohanian

Agitating for Pre-K legislation is a smokescreen, pretending that a lack of skills is the problem when the real problem is poverty.

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Food Stamps Will Feed Half Of US Kids, Study Says

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: How Many Kids Are on Food Stamps, Welfare, Social Justice, Poverty, Food Stamps, Children, Economy, Parenting, Food Stamp Statistics, Recession, Kids on Food Stamps, Black Children, Usda, Food Research and Action Center, Education, Nutrition, African Americans, Food, Income Gap, US Department of Agriculture, How Many People Are on Food Stamps, Food Stamps Study, Sociology, Food Stamps Data, Poverty Line, Minorities, Politics News

CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout...

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Fat and Fated? The Changeable State of Low-Income Communities, Part III

Isabel Cowles | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmer's Markets, Farmer's Markets in Low Income Communities, Food-Stamps-at-Farmers-Markets, Food Stamps, Green News
Isabel Cowles

While farmers' markets are experiencing a renaissance, virtually all are the result of grassroots community support. Support from state and local offices could vastly improve their reach and efficiency.

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Costco: Food Stamps Will Be Accepted

Seattle Times | Melissa Allison | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Harlem, Welfare, Big Box Retail, California, Food Stamps, Economy, Jim Sinegal, Washington State, Recession, New York, New York City, Big Box Retailer, Groceries, Costco, Food, Michigan, Business News

Costco Wholesale plans to accept food stamps at its warehouse stores nationwide, a major shift for a company that earlier this year said it doubted th...

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Mort Zuckerman: "Massive" Intervention Needed To Create New Jobs

ft.com | Mort Zuckerman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Mort Zuckerman, Food Stamps, National-Infrastructure-Bank, Economy, Great Recession, Part-Time Jobs, Financial Crisis, Jobs, Recession, Business News

Today there is no evidence of job creation. Quite the opposite: unemployment is rising and millions of jobs have disappeared. In place of thrift we ha...

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Pilots on Food Stamps

Michael Moore | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Workers, Food Stamps, Dead Peasant, Chesley Sullenberger, Michael Moore, PA Child Care, Lady GaGa, Capitalism: A Love Story, Saturday Night Live, Pilots, Airlines, Politics News
Michael Moore

You know, maybe it's just me, but the two occupations whose workers shouldn't be humpin' a second job are brain surgeons and airline pilots. Call me crazy.

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For 37,000 New York Unemployed, Benefits Will Soon Lapse

nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Welfare, Economic Collapse, Unemployment, The Great Depression, Food Stamps, Economic Crisis, Economy, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, The Great Recession, Unemployment Rate, Recession, New York, New York News

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers have had the unfortunate distinction of collecting unemployment benefits longer than anyone in the state's history. B...

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Unemployed In Las Vegas: Struggling Nevadans Speak

The Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Las Vegas Unemployed, Nevada, Welfare, Nevada Unemployed, Food Stamps, Job Search, Unemployed Americans, Jobless, Joblessness, Las Vegas, Impact News

Writer Becky Bosshart was laid off from her Las Vegas newspaper job while writing a series on the recession and unemployed Nevadans. Nevada is one of ...

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Number Of Working Americans On Food Stamps Surges

Financial Times | Sarah O’Connor | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Food Stamps Surge, Jobs, Food Stamps, Jobless Benefits, Working Americans, Employment, Business News

The number of working Americans turning to free government food stamps has surged as their hours and wages erode, in a stark sign that the recession i...

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Number Of Americans On Food Stamps Rising

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Stamp Use Rises, Food Stamps, Ebt, Food Politics, Green News

WASHINGTON — More Americans than ever before received food stamps in June, the Department of Agriculture said on Thursday, with more than 35 mil...

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Palin Supports Corsi: District 9 Is a Documentary

Warren Holstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Charles Grassley, Death Panels, The Rapture, Immigration, Iran, Obama, Media, Facebook, Civil Rights, The Washington Post, South Africa, Politics, Liz Cheney, Dennis Kucinich, Dick Cheney, Illegal Immigrants, Gop, Washington Post, Health Care, Sharia, Abortion, Birthers, Twitter, Food Stamps, Books, The New York Times, Lou Dobbs, Aliens, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Illegal Aliens, Tom Coburn, District 9, Jerome Corsi, Todd Palin, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Return-of-Shantytowns, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Alaska, NY Times, Metacritic, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

An indignant Palin immediately released a series of searing Facebook status updates denouncing the impending alien immigrant infestation as "icky" and "un-American,"

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Food Stamp Recipients More Likely To Be Obese: New Study

scientificamerican.com | OrangeSherbert at 01:55 AM on 08/12/09 | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Obesity, Food Stamps, Obesity Epidemic, Food Politics, Green News

One out of every nine people now receives food stamps in the U.S. And two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese. A new scientific study l...

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More Retailers Accept Food Stamps During Recession

usatoday.com | By Jayne O'Donnell and Rachel Huggins | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Poverty, Food Stamps, Electronic Benefit Transfers, Recession, Grocery Stores, Business News

More retailers are accepting food stamps, as a record number of consumers are turning to government aid to pay for groceries. Nearly 39 million peopl...

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Why Americans Ignore the Poor

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hunger, Poverty, Food Stamps, Chicago Public Schools, Summer, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Food, Chicago Tribune, Urban Policy, Politics News
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

Urban populations across this country don't have enough food to eat in a country that pays farmers not to grow food.

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Jobless Lose Food Stamps Because Of $25 Stimulus Check

AP/Huffington Post | MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus, Food Stamps, Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Economy, Economic Stimulus, Economic Recovery, Politics News

WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama increased unemployment benefits as part of his economic stimulus, he also made some Americans ineligibl...

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Breadline USA

Sasha Abramsky | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hunger, Unemployment, Poverty, Food Banks, Food Stamps, Economy, Obama, Breadline USA, Recession, Politics News
Sasha Abramsky

Talk to any food bank staffer and they'll tell you the numbers visiting their facilities are soaring, and that they're seeing huge numbers of the working poor attaching themselves to the breadlines.

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Eating for Almost Nothing

Anneli Rufus | Posted 05.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Food Shopping, Recessionista, Hypochondriacs, Food Stamps, Cooking, Scavenging, Food, Cordon Bleu, Fallen-Fruit, Fallen Fruit, Los Angeles, 99 Cent, Style News
Anneli Rufus

As Los Angeles-based Fallen Fruit wants us to know, America's city and suburban streets are rife with fruit trees growing in public spaces, or whose branches overhang sidewalks. Pick that!

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