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Puerto Ricans Will Now Be Able to Use Food Stamps to Buy Ready-to-Eat Hot Meals

After initial claims circulated saying that the people of Puerto Rico were being denied the ability to use food stamps to purchase ready-to-eat hot foods, reports now say that a waiver has been granted so that the people who have had their island torn apart by Hurricane Maria can use food stamps to purchase prepared…

By

Monique Judge

Published

October 3, 2017
Welfare Programs Could Be the Next Target of a Donald Trump Executive Order

The Trump administration is looking to make big changes to the country’s welfare system, and as part of that process, administration officials are considering an executive order that would require federal agencies to review low-income-assistance programs. Two administration officials spoke to Politico on the condition of anonymity and said that a draft of the order…

By

Monique Judge

Published

October 2, 2017
#StayWoke: Iowa Rep. Steve King Wants to Cut Food Stamps to Pay for Trump’s Dumbass Wall

Iowa’s favorite deplorable Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) wants to slash food assistance for low-income Americans and Planned Parenthood funding to free up money to pay for Trump’s dumbass wall that nobody wants. It wasn’t so long ago when President Pee-Pee Von Pisstown swore that Mexico would be paying for the “yuge, yuge” wall that would…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

July 12, 2017
Hood Health Care: The Sweeter the Soda, the Sweeter the Tax

Black America, there are two health facts we should get straight. First, by demographics, we’re the most disproportionately dependent (pdf) on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program—or, as SNAP is more commonly known, food stamps. Second, soda is not our friend. And that goes for the beverage, the companies that make it and organizations like the…

By

Ian Graber-Stiehl

Published

July 5, 2017
Home Depot Co-Founder Thinks People Use Food Stamps to Buy Marijuana and Cocaine

Imagine going up to a drug dealer and asking him to swipe your EBT card so you can buy some edibles. That’s exactly what Home Depot’s co-founder, Ken Langone, thinks is happening when it comes to how food stamp recipients use their benefits. During an appearance on Fox News’ Your World With Neil Cavuto on Wednesday,…

By

Yesha Callahan

Published

May 25, 2017
The Hot Bible Verse That Republicans Use to Justify Drastic Cuts to Food Stamps

Here are two things you can bet money on: There will always be an interpretation of a Bible verse to justify just about anything, and that interpretation will most times be found by a white, male Republican. The latest biblical verse being used to justify cuts to SNAP, aka food stamps, is Thessalonians 3-10. “[T]he…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 31, 2017
Amazon.com, FreshDirect to Accept Food Stamps for Online Grocery Shopping

Soon it will be that much easier for busy families who use food stamps to get groceries. According to Mashable, online grocery-shopping sites such as Amazon.com and FreshDirect will now accept food stamps as part of a pilot program in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The report notes that the two-year program for…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

January 9, 2017