NPR (blog) Living On Food Stamps: Newark Mayor Cory Booker Starts Challenge TodayNPR (blog)A campaign to raise awareness about the struggles of low-income Americans who depend on food stamps gets a high-profile plug today as Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, N.J., begins a week of living on $30 worth of …
Read More »Cory Booker to try food stamp challenge – MSNBC
Cory Booker to try food stamp challengeMSNBCCory Booker, the mayor of Newark, NJ, is taking up the Food Stamp Challenge starting Tuesday. Booker plans to live on food stamps for the week, which, in New Jersey, comes out to be $133 a month, or $4 a day. “To live off …
Read More »Postal Service Accepting Pre-Orders for Modern Art in America Forever Stamps – Sacramento Bee
Postal Service Accepting Pre-Orders for Modern Art in America Forever StampsSacramento Bee3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Postal Service celebrates 12 important modern artists and their works on Forever stamps in early March, 100 years after the groundbreaking Armory Show opened in New York City in 1913, giving many Americans …LETTER: …
Read More »Cory Booker Will Live On Food Stamps Starting Tuesday – UPTOWN Magazine
UPTOWN Magazine Cory Booker Will Live On Food Stamps Starting TuesdayUPTOWN MagazineNewark Mayor Cory Booker will make good on his promise to live off food stamps for a whole week starting Tuesday. Being limited to just $4 a day, Booker and a Twitter follower by the name of (at) MWadeNC …
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Beverley Faichney of Fort Lauderdale often has to rely on church friends and food pantries to get enough food to last the month. Faichney, who is on disability because she has seizures, only gets $16 a month in food stamps. More: continued here
Read More »Farm Bill Still Hanging: More Than 70 Groups Lobby on Food Stamps – Center for Responsive Politics
Farm Bill Still Hanging: More Than 70 Groups Lobby on Food StampsCenter for Responsive PoliticsFabled Newark Mayor Corey Booker recently announced that he'll be the latest of local politicians to take the "food stamp challenge." For one week or more, Booker and his family will live off food stamps, a …
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River Raisin park featured in stamp collectionHouston ChronicleMONROE, Mich. (AP) — River Raisin National Battlefield Park has been selected to be part of a 2013 commemorative stamp collection featuring National Park Service sites. Officials on Tuesday announced that the Monroe-area park will be featured in the …and more » More: continued …
Read More »Cory Booker to live on food stamps starting Tuesday – The Grio
The Grio Cory Booker to live on food stamps starting TuesdayThe GrioNewark Mayor Cory Booker, left, greets 13-year-old Blonbzell Taylor outside of Clinton Hill Community Resource Center, where residents impacted by Superstorm Sandy received clothing donations in Newark, N.J. On Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, Booker said he … More: continued …
Read More »NJ mayor Booker set for food stamp challenge – The Associated Press
NJ mayor Booker set for food stamp challengeThe Associated PressNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is prepared for a food stamp challenge. He and one of his Twitter followers each plan to live for a week on the monetary equivalent of food stamps or less. The mayor's …
Read More »Cory Booker’s Food Stamp Challenge Starts With a Grocery Bill – ABC News (blog)
ABC News (blog) Cory Booker's Food Stamp Challenge Starts With a Grocery BillABC News (blog)Social media-savvy Mayor Cory Booker posted a photo of a crumpled receipt Monday morning to Facebook and Twitter. The Newark, N.J., mayor wasn't filing expenses; he was showing supporters what he'll be eating for the next …
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