PCK Launches Celebratory Kenya@50 StampsAllAfrica.comThe 100 stamps capture different milestones in Kenya's journey and highlight events in the country's history as well as its heroes, eminent personalities who have shaped its politics, arts, culture and social life. Speaking at the launch, Postmaster … More: continued here
While Congress participates in the nation's least entertaining yet most problematic slap fight in history, impoverished citizens of the Natural State and Arkansan food pantries are gearing up for what could be the worst season in decades. Food stamps important to Arkansas While Congress participates in the nation's least entertaining yet most problematic slap fight…
Proud confessions: I trade food stamps'for beer, vodka and cigarettes'BizPac ReviewWhen an unidentified man was asked if he was on food stamps, he matter-of-factually said he traded his food stamps for alcohol and cigarettes. “Yes,” he answered. “I trade the stamps for beer and vodka, and cigarettes.” When Watters reminded him that …'I Trade My…
Acrimony over a new farm bill in Congress is mirrored by the conflicting views in the Mississippi Delta about cutting food stamps and overhauling the farm subsidy program. More: continued here
New York Times Political Fight on Farm Aid and Food Stamps Hits Home in the DeltaNew York TimesBELZONI, Miss. — Thomas Bond, a cotton grower whose onetime 8,500-acre partnership of farms received $4 million in federal subsidies in the last seven years, thinks that many residents in the surrounding Mississippi Delta need food stamps. But…
* Farm bill is more than a year overdue * Make or break issue is size of cuts in food stamps * Negotiators hope to clinch farm bill 'framework' soon WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) – The four top negotiators for the new U.S. farm bill, already a year behind schedule, said on Tuesday they would…
Stamp collectors can now start welcoming the Year of the Horse with the Philippine Postal Corp.'s recently released stamps marking the Year of the Horse in 2014. More: continued here
ThinkProgress The Fine Print In The Coming Bipartisan Agreement For Cutting Food StampsThinkProgressfood_stamps_tpftd Senate Democrats think they have found a way to satisfy Republican demands for food stamp cuts that largely preserves the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) but reduces already meager food assistance payments for 1.7 …and more » More: continued here
New York Times In Mississippi, a Divide on Farm Aid and Food StampsNew York TimesBELZONI, Miss. — Thomas Bond, a cotton grower whose onetime 8,500-acre partnership of farms received $4 million in federal subsidies in the last seven years, thinks that many residents in the surrounding Mississippi Delta need food stamps. But he says …and more »…
Stamp of approval: Through postage, Bowie resident keeps pieces of historyGazette.Net: Maryland Community News OnlineAfter all, his stamp selection could mean the difference between someone casually looking at a butterfly nestled on the top right corner of an envelope or being inspired by a Harry Potter adornment to become as fascinated with the hobby as…