America's Greatest Shame: Child Poverty Rises and Food Stamps Cut While …Huffington PostBoth parties already have agreed to cut billions from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps). As of November 1, payments dropped from $668 a month to $632 for more than 47 million lower-income people — 1 in 7 Americans, most of …and more »…
The USPS is set to release stamps commemorating World War II Medal of Honor recipients at a dedication ceremony on Veterans Day More: continued here
Cut in Food Stamps Forces Hard Choices on PoorNew York TimesChristopher Bean, the executive director of a Bronx food pantry that is operated by a nonprofit organization called Part of the Solution, said that about 60 new families had visited the pantry in the past week because their food stamps had been cut …Tough choices…
Tough choices come with cuts to food stampsPittsburgh Post GazetteBut for millions of poor Americans who rely on food stamps, reductions that began this month present awful choices: A gallon of milk for the kids instead of two. No fresh broccoli for dinner or snacks for school. Weeks of grits and margarine for breakfast.Cut in…
WRGB Local War Hero to be Featured on Booklet of Postal StampsWRGBSELKIRK – The United States Postal Service will release a commemorative World War II Medal of Honor Stamp on Monday. Featured on the stamp booklet will be Sgt. Frank Currey of Selkirk, New York. Sgt. Currey was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1945…
With reduced benefits starting this month, many recipients are buying fewer groceries and planning visits to food pantries to tide them over. More: continued here
County admits glitch left Charlotte family without food stampsWCNCIt's all thanks to a story we brought you first about a single mother of four who was facing dramatic cuts in her food stamps. We first met Sara Grier and her four kids last week at lunchtime. The kids had the day off from school. Eleven-year-old…
Maryville College art professor creates mural using rubber stampsKnoxville News SentinelGombert began working on the stamp mural in September, covering roughly half of the second floor hallway wall using more than 20 different rubber stamps. The installation is composed solely of one- to three-inch black ink images stamped onto the white … More: continued here
FITSNews They Takin' Y'alls Food Stamps Yo!FITSNews“Tea Party/ Republicans voted to cut your Food Stamp checks!” the flyer declares. “Tea Party/ Republicans voted to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.” “Tea Party/ Repulbicans voted to Shutdown President Obama!” it adds. “DON'T LET the Tea …and more » More: continued here
After last month's shopping frenzy, Louisiana governor looks to strip food …Fox NewsThe Louisiana governor's office said Wednesday night that it would strip food stamp benefits from anyone who took advantage of an EBT card malfunction that in some cases caused an all-out shopping frenzy in some stores across the state, The Advocate …Jindal administration will…