More Worries Over Weak Economy
"We do not believe there is a threat there of a double-dip recession. We believe that economy will continue to grow," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said yesterday. But some economic indicators...
View ArticleCornel West and Tavis Smiley on Poverty in 2012
Dr. Cornel West and Tavis Smiley have been outspoken critics of income inequality in America. The late aughts were shaped by the subprime mortgage crisis, subsequent stock market crash, international...
View ArticleEnd of Month Hunger Affects Student Discipline
A study of schools throughout the city of Chicago has found that detention and suspension rates increase towards the end of each month and sharply decrease at the beginning of the next. The main...
View ArticlePh.D's on Food Stamps?
It isn’t easy these days making it out on your own. And in this tough job market, there’s one route that many college graduates are turning to: going back to school. But, according to a recent report...
View ArticleFood Banks, Families & Fiscal Assistance: The Faces of America's Hungry
Tax cuts get debated in America, so do debt limits, but the largest cut for the food stamp program in its nearly 50-year history happens without a whimper or a protest.On November 1 SNAP allocations...
View ArticleAnnual Feast Is A Reminder of America's Hungry
Last Thanksgiving about 46 million turkeys ended up on dinner tables across the country. That’s 736 million pounds of turkey meat.But not every American has the option to choose what size bird they'll...
View ArticleHouse GOP Looks to Cut Food Stamps, Increase Military Spending
Citing a need to give the economy a boost and reign in the deficit, House Republicans unveiled their budget yesterday, which calls for huge increases in military spending and big cuts in welfare. Under...
View ArticleHow Your Tax Dollars Subsidize Low Wages
With the tax filing deadline looming large on the calendar, the American taxpayer might be wondering where their hard-earned dollars go when they send in their returns, and what the government uses...
View ArticleEverything You Ever Wanted To Know About Food Stamps But Were Afraid To Ask
Brian Lehrer speaks with Michael Paone, community organizer and anti-hunger activist, and Joel Berg (on the phone), executive director of New York City Coalition Against Hunger about the increase in...
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Using Food Stamps in the Bronx
Photos by Stephen NessenThe Bronx has the highest proportion of food stamp recipients in all the five boroughs. According to city statistics, more than 400,000 people use food stamps in the borough –-...
View ArticleJobs Bill: Teachers Win, Food Stamp Recipients Lose
Poverty advocates say the newly passed $26 billion jobs bill will hurt New York City's nearly 2 million food stamp recipients because it will be paid for, in part, by reducing food stamp benefits for...
View ArticleJobs Bill: Teachers Win, Food Stamp Recipients Lose
Poverty advocates say the newly passed $26 billion jobs bill will hurt New York City's nearly 2 million food stamp recipients because it will be paid for, in part, by reducing food stamp benefits for...
View ArticleU.S. Census: Poverty Rate Rises in New York City
More New Yorkers are living in poverty. According to figures released today by the US Census, the poverty rate in New York state increased from 2008 to 2009. The poverty rate in New York City also...
View ArticleBloomberg: Sugary Beverages and Food Stamps Shouldn't Mix
The city's 1.7 million food stamp users will have a narrower choice of things to purchase, if Mayor Michael Bloomberg persuades the federal government to let him try an experiment.The city is applying...
View ArticleMayor Says Food Stamps Shouldn't Cover Sodas
Calling sugary drinks the "single largest contributor" to the city's obesity problem, Mayor Bloomberg has launched another public health effort to change how New Yorkers eat: He wants low-income New...
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Why the 2012 Farm Bill Matters
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, President...
View ArticleNumber of NJ Residents Receiving Food Stamps Doubles
The number of New Jersey residents receiving food stamps has doubled in the last four years despite the state’s standing as No. 2 wealthiest in the nation.One in every 10 people in the state now...
View ArticleFood Stamps Increasingly Deployed at Greenmarkets
More New Yorkers on food stamps are using them to buy fresh produce, eggs and baked goods at city greenmarkets.From 2010 to 2011, use of food stamps at greenmarkets increased from a little more than...
View ArticleFood Stamp Recipients Have Mixed Views on Being Fingerprinted
A debate has broken out at New York's highest levels of government over whether to continue fingerprinting food stamp recipients — and as the governor and mayor differ on the issue, so do food stamp...
View ArticleOpinion: Why the GOP Lost Black Voters
Only four days left until the South Carolina Republican presidential primary. As we head into what everyone seems to agree will be the defining contest for the GOP, I find myself wondering whether...
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