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Experts: SNAP cuts could deepen hunger

SNAP cuts could leave families unable to afford basic meals, worsening food insecurity and local economies

Salon · Mar 10, 2025

Social Security Administration Warns of Massive Layoffs: What It Means to You

The Social Security Administration is gearing up to layoff thousands of workers. Here’s how it can impact you.

Kiplinger · Feb 28, 2025

Sarasota's Season of Sharing program pays some families' bills as they recover from hurricane season

Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast endured two major hurricanes and a tropical storm in the span of nine weeks, and they are still feeling the economic shockwaves

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024

To fight poverty, some Texas cities gave aid with no strings attached. Conservatives are pushing back.

Guaranteed income programs let participants use funds however they see fit. Critics argue they're not a good use of taxpayer dollars.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 10, 2024

The grim, new normal of grocery shopping

From "shop-hopping" to relying on Buy Now, Pay Later programs to afford food, grocery shopping has gotten grim

Salon · May 26, 2024

The SNAP crisis is worse than we thought

"More and more people cannot keep up with rising food prices and are struggling to feed their families"

Salon · May 21, 2024

Del Monte Sells $395 Luxury Pineapple While Americans Struggle From Credit Card Debt To Buy Groceries

$395.99 pineapples highlight the absurdity of soaring grocery prices in America, forcing many to rely on credit despite the risks.

International Business Times UK · May 21, 2024

Record Disparity: Average wealth of Latino, Black families is six times lower than that of Whites

For the first time in U.S. history, the race and ethnicity average disparity exceeded $1 million

Latin Times · Apr 30, 2024

School Choice Is Popular and Increasingly Common

Kids have disappeared from public schools, with most opting for a range of alternatives.

Reason · Jan 22, 2024

Gates Foundation takes on poverty in the U.S. with $100 million commitment

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Thursday that it will donate $100 million to expand its work on economic mobility in the U.S. The country’s largest foundation says the commitment represents a change in how it operates by putting more power in the hands of grantees

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023