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Food Stamps
March 13, 2020
Karina Piser
Trump Is Cutting Food Stamps During a Pandemic
More than half a million SNAP recipients are on the edge of losing access to the crucial food safety net—just as they need it most.
July 23, 2019
Elliot Haspel
The Cruelty of Trump’s Attack on Food Stamps
Republicans have long made callous excuses for depriving poor Americans of this vital benefit. This administration has concocted a few of its own.
November 7, 2018
Emily Atkin
The midterm elections may have saved food stamps.
September 6, 2018
Sarah Jones
A Pivotal Moment for Hungry Americans
A Republican plan to restrict food aid could reverse years of progress.
April 17, 2018
Sarah Jones
Perpetuating the Cycle of Poverty
How the Republican Party’s proposals to reform the food stamp program will keep people down
February 13, 2018
Sarah Jones
The White House believes poor people don’t deserve to choose what they eat.
January 31, 2018
Sarah Jaffe
How the Media Is Abetting the GOP’s War on “Welfare”
Bill Clinton already ended welfare as we knew it. So what, exactly, are Republicans after now?
January 9, 2018
David Dayen
Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars
The tech giant has received more than $1 billion in tax breaks. The government is also funding food stamps for many of its workers.
December 12, 2017
David Dayen
Is the Republican Tax Plan Intentionally Sloppy?
Rich Americans and state governments will game the new rules, thereby reducing federal revenue and endangering programs for the poor.
July 17, 2017
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Kim Phillips-Fein
Trump’s Austerity Politics
How the president’s budget proposal grew out of New York’s financial crisis in the 1970s.
March 31, 2017
Clio Chang
The GOP is pushing hard for work requirements. Democrats shouldn’t let them.
January 8, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
It’s easy to forget that Jeb Bush is also scary conservative.
March 17, 2015
Claire Groden
Republicans Want to Gut Our Most Effective Welfare Program
And they're using "states' rights" as an excuse
January 15, 2015
Claire Groden
Republican Governors to Food-Stamp Recipients: Get a Job Already!
September 2, 2014
Danny Vinik
This Chart Disproves Republicans' Food-Stamp Nonsense
July 30, 2014
Kathryn Edin
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Luke Shaefer
The Truth About Food Stamps (Hint: They Work and Help Millions)
SNAP has halved the number of children living in extreme poverty.
April 24, 2014
Brian Beutler
Conservatives Hold the Line, Offer Weak Defense of Racist Rancher As Martyr for Liberty
March 4, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Paul Ryan's New Report Undermines the Case for His Budget
February 25, 2014
Danny Vinik
TV Pundit Dick Cheney Has Already Forgotten How Government Works
January 8, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
LBJ's Mistake Was Promising to "Win" the War on Poverty
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