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Republicans fought WIC — and WIC won

In a year of increased hunger, a win for food security

Salon · Apr 10, 2024

Fiscal 2024 spending finale starts to take shape - Roll Call

House and Senate leaders rolled out a $467.5 billion, six-bill appropriations package Sunday afternoon ahead of votes this week.

Roll Call · Mar 3, 2024

Inside the GOP's "Orwellian" SNAP plan

"It would set a terrifying precedent of intruding on the most private areas of our lives"

Salon · Feb 27, 2024

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GOP forces face-off between SNAP and WIC

WIC may get the additional funding it desperately needs — but there's a really big catch

Salon · Feb 26, 2024

"Food is medicine," but only for some

"Nutrition is health. It is critical that all Americans have access to healthy food."

Salon · Feb 1, 2024

Fox's telling "smoothiegate" hypocrisy

When inflation is up, so is hunger — but that's the part conservatives want to ignore

Salon · Jan 19, 2024

Momentous and precarious: WIC turns 50

"The promise of WIC has been that the program will be there for anyone who needs it. It's a promise worth keeping"

Salon · Jan 15, 2024

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Jennifer Garner-Hamdi Ulukaya: ‘1 in 5 American kids may go to bed hungry tonight–and unprecedented attacks on the 50-year-old bipartisan WIC program could make the situation even worse’

'Our country has never turned its back on hungry children. But unless Congress acts to provide full funding by Jan. 19, we will have done just that.'

Fortune · Jan 11, 2024

Struggles Persist for WIC Participants in Accessing Nutritious Food

Discover the challenges faced by low-income mothers in accessing WIC-approved items for their children. From store closures to limited availability, the st...

WIC helps moms and kids eat. But finding what you need isn't always easy

More than 6 million people receive benefits through the nation’s food assistance program for women, infants and children, which is known as WIC

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024

Texans receiving federal food assistance caught in crosshairs of congressional funding fight

More than 225,000 Texans could get turned away from the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children next year unless Congress allocates more money for the program, advocates and the White House warns. But partisan divisions are obscuring the path forward on government funding.

The Texas Tribune · Jan 3, 2024

USDA Announces New Rules That Could Ease Another Baby Formula Shortage

The rules would allow the government to temporarily ease restrictions on WIC formula purchases during a shortage. But those restrictions shouldn't exist in the first place.

Reason · Dec 21, 2023

Severe Obesity on the Rise in Preschool-Aged US Children

Study reveals increasing trend in severe obesity among U.S. preschoolers, raising concerns about future potential health issues.

Study bolsters evidence that severe obesity increasing in young US kids

A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2023

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Salon · Nov 29, 2023

Why the hunger crisis is just beginning

Food bank demand is high, while donations are down. Meanwhile, WIC is under threat

Roll Call · Nov 14, 2023

House passes two-tiered stopgap bill to avert shutdown - Roll Call

The House easily passed Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap spending measure that would continue to fund the government into the new year.

WEKU · Oct 26, 2023

Millions of American families struggle to get food on the table, report finds

17 million U.S. households were food insecure in 2022. That's 3.5 million more than the prior year. Families with children and people of color experienced higher than average rates of food insecurity.

Salon · Oct 5, 2023

The vast importance of WIC for babies

"About 2 in 5 of the 3.7 million babies born in the U.S. in 2022 benefited from WIC"

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The Conversation · Oct 5, 2023

2 in 5 US babies benefit from the WIC nutrition program

A monthly average of more than 6 million U.S. women, infants and young children received benefits in 2022 from the nutrition program known as WIC.

Salon · Oct 3, 2023

"Extreme Republicans" want to cut WIC

How a chaotic feud among the House GOP could have led to 7 million Americans going hungry

Reason · Sep 26, 2023

Will the Government Shutdown Result in 'Hunger for Millions' as Reuters Claims?

When you use incorrect stats to bolster your claims, as Reuters did, all kinds of foolish conclusions follow.

WEKU · Sep 26, 2023

Millions of Americans will lose food assistance if the government shuts down

A shutdown would affect the nearly 7 million women and children who rely on WIC for healthy food. Free school lunch and Meals on Wheels are also at risk, and SNAP could be impacted eventually too.

Roll Call · Sep 25, 2023

Vilsack sees shutdown taking away children's food, farmers' loans - Roll Call

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says millions of pregnant women, new mothers and children would lose food aid in a government shutdown.

Roll Call · Sep 14, 2023

After infant formula crisis, lawmakers look to donor milk - Roll Call

Lawmakers want to make donor breast milk more mainstream but advocates warn the alternative comes with risk.

Reason · May 24, 2023

The FTC Is Investigating Anti-Competitive Baby Formula Contracts. Bad Federal Policy Is To Blame.

If the FTC wants to know why there's such a notable lack of competition within America's baby formula market, it ought to ask other parts of the federal bureaucracy.

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