Food stamps need healthful restrictionsColumbus DispatchPerhaps the experts should start with eliminating these items from the SNAP program, aka food stamps, altogether. It's absurd that the same government that freely provides these products to our poorest also pays for their health care. In this instance … More: continued here
Household food stamp rates have more than doubled nationally and more than tripled in a handful of states. More: continued here
The Courier-Journal Subsidy helps food stamp recipients buy seedsThe Courier-JournalOf the nearly 750,000 people who live in Louisville, 17 percent or 127,500 individuals, rely on food stamps to purchase groceries. Helping these same customers grow their own food by purchasing seeds or seedlings via their food stamps is a new … More: continued here
Stereotype Debunked: More Whites Receive Food Stamps Than BlacksMadame NoireFrom former President Ronald Reagan to Gene Alday, a current Republican member of the Mississippi state legislature, many politicians, typically from the GOP, like to stereotype Black people as food stamp recipients. Alday had to recently apologize for … More: continued here
The Courier-Journal Growing groceries | Food stamps buy seedsThe Courier-JournalOf the nearly 750,000 people who live in Louisville, 17 percent or 127,500 individuals, rely on food stamps to purchase groceries. Helping these same customers grow their own food by purchasing seeds or seedlings via their food stamps is a new … More: continued here
The Courier-Journal Subsidy helps food stamps recipients buy seedsThe Courier-JournalOf the nearly 750,000 people who live in Louisville, 17 percent or 127,500 individuals, rely on food stamps to purchase groceries. Helping these same customers grow their own food by purchasing seeds or seedlings via their food stamps is a new … More: continued here
The Calgary Stampeders will be making an appearance at the Brier's first ever Battle of Alberta Tuesday. More: continued here
Eight members of the Calgary Stampeders will take part in the festivities Tuesday night as the first Battle of Alberta in Tim Hortons Brier history takes place at the Scotiabank Saddledome. More: continued here
Addressing the real drivers of the explosion in food stampsR StreetThe U.S. House may not be able to agree on much when it comes to the size and scope of federal programs, but one thing has been clear over the last few years: Republicans feel the growth in our nation's nutritional support programs, most notably…
The Register US court rubber-stamps dragnet metadata surveillance (again)The RegisterA US federal court has rubber stamped approval for the NSA to carry on with its controversial dragnet collection of Americans' phone records. The decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to green-light the NSA's mass surveillance of US …and more » More: continued here