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The White House is making a push to protect food stamps, and officials are using children to make their point. More: continued here

Demand for holiday food boxes remains high as food stamps cuts take tollOregonLive.comThe federal government's cuts to food stamps that went into effect this month, combined with the lateness of Thanksgiving this year, contributed to heavy demand for holiday food boxes, Portland area food bank officials said. More than one in five … More: continued…

A White House report highlights how food stamps keep many children out of poverty. More: continued here

White House offers food stamps, not jobs, to the nation's poorDaily CallerWhite House officials are trying to slam GOP efforts to cut food-stamp funding, even as President Barack Obama told wealthy donors that he won't dial back his ambitious, government-fattening progressive policies that have failed to reverse the nation's …GOP Wants To Steal Turkey From Poor…

How To Encourage Americans On Food Stamps To Choose Healthier OptionsThinkProgressA recent study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers finds that although the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) may help curb hunger, it doesn't help poor Americans improve their diets and nutritional “food security.”. More: continued here

Food pantries predict longer lines as food stamps are cutFox 59Hundreds of people braved subfreezing temperatures for hours on the east side of Indianapolis Tuesday morning. They were waiting in line at “The Caring Place” on Post Road, waiting to receive Thanksgiving turkeys and other food items. Among the crowd … More: continued here

euronews US: Battle over food stamps spoils Thanksgiving for the pooreuronewsOn Tuesday, the White House released a new report highlighting the importance of the food stamps program and advocating President Barack Obama's budget proposal that would largely protect it. “SNAP, which has been authorized in bipartisan fashion in …Farm bill stalled, White House makes pre-Thanksgiving push…

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New York Times Brooklyn Pantry Struggling to Help Fill Gap Left by Federal Cuts to Food StampsNew York TimesDr. Samuels and other advocates for poor New Yorkers attributed the spike in demand at the city's hundreds of food pantries and soup kitchens to a cutback in the federal food stamps program on Nov. 1. The…

3 stamps, 1 envelope in 1945 add up to mysterySan Francisco ChronicleCameron says she remembers living on Washington Street, when Weber, who knew her mother, would come to visit, although she has no idea why her father would send Weber stamps after he returned from the war. "There's a whole hamper full of letters from ……