News-Daily.com Riverdale Councilwoman Cynthia Stamps-Jones alleges staff abuse, kickbacks …News-Daily.com##Councilwoman Cynthia Stamps-Jones accuses Mayor Evelyn Wynn-Dixon, Councilwoman Wanda Wallace and Councilman Kenneth Ruffin of mishandling city money, using city resources for their own personal gains and abusing staff members, according … More: continued here
Huffington Post The GOP Has A Split Personality When It Comes To Food StampsHuffington PostOn Wednesday, however, Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, invited witnesses to testify about the effectiveness of food stamps. One of the witnesses, Keleigh Green-Patton of …and more » More: continued here
Anderson Independent Mail States target long-term unemployment, food stamp rollsAnderson Independent MailWASHINGTON – After years of struggling with stubbornly high unemployment and elevated food stamp rolls, 10 states and the federal government are embarking this year on an ambitious new effort to help the jobless find work. Passed as part of the 2014 … More: continued…
Republicans Have A Split Personality When It Comes To Food StampsHuffington PostOn Wednesday, however, Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, invited witnesses to testify about the effectiveness of food stamps. One of the witnesses, Keleigh Green-Patton of …and more » More: continued here
DesMoinesRegister.com The Register's Editorial: Food stamp proposal would hurt hungryDesMoinesRegister.comCurrently, Americans who meet specific income guidelines are automatically eligible for food stamps. In an economic downturn, the entitlement is there to provide benefits to more people who need them. The Republican proposal would turn the program into …States Tightening Food-Stamps Rules as Economy RecoversChronicle of…
Slate Magazine (blog) Gwyneth Paltrow Is on Food Stamps This Week. Stop Making Fun of Her.Slate Magazine (blog)Specifically, it's about whether Gwyneth Paltrow is entitled to participate in what is commonly known as a “SNAP challenge,” an exercise that asks people to live only at a food stamps–level budget for all of their food expenses,…
Jody Langrehr: Limit how food stamp funds are spentLa Crosse TribuneColumnist Dana Milbank wrote about lawmakers' attempts to restrict how food stamps can be used (April 9 Tribune). An example was Rep. Rick Brattin, a Republican legislator in Missouri, who supports a law that would make it illegal for food stamp… More: continued here
Huffington Post What Gwyneth Paltrow's food stamp challenge gets totally wrong about povertyWashington PostIt looked to be a delightfully healthy meal in the making. There were a dozen eggs, some romaine, an onion, scallions, a bag of rice and black beans, cilantro and — because one lime is truly never enough — seven limes. This,…
Socialist Worker Online States Tightening Food-Stamps Rules as Economy RecoversChronicle of Philanthropy (subscription)During the recession most states took advantage of waivers enacted to help healthy but jobless adults get food stamps beyond legal time limits. Eight states that qualified for the waivers this year elected to use them only in certain areas or not at…
Guardian Liberty Voice Angelou, the girl from Stamps, gets her own stampColumbus Ledger-EnquirerMaya Angelou, influential and groundbreaking author of the autobiographical "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and other books of poetry and autobiography, was celebrated in Stamps and Washington, D.C., with the unveiling last week of the Maya …Maya Angelou Stamp Will Not Be…