Economic Justice
Economic Justice
Economic Justice
More Than 500,000 Americans Are About to Lose Their SNAP Benefits
Jul 14, 2023 An additional 750,000 older adults are newly at risk thanks to the return of pre-pandemic work-reporting requirements.
Crackdown on Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits Takes Effect
Feb 24, 2020 Droves of immigrants, including citizens and legal residents, drop social services out of fear they will be kicked out of the U.S.
Is Trump the Worst of the Worst?
Feb 13, 2020 Beyond the big headlines, he is acting on policies that hurt the poor, immigrants, his political enemies and human existence itself.
America Is Rigged Against the Poor Even Before Birth
Feb 4, 2020 Poverty among children in a wealthy country like the United States should summon shame and outrage.
Food Stamps Saved My Life
Dec 11, 2019 As a kid, the SNAP program helped me eat, study and succeed as an adult. Americans today deserve the same investment.
Trump’s SNAP Cuts
Dec 5, 2019
Food Stamps Could Be Stripped From 3 Million Americans
Jul 23, 2019 Critics view the Department of Agriculture's proposal the latest effort by the Trump administration to bypass Congress to attack low-income families.Justices Side With Business, Government in Information Fight
Jun 24, 2019 The Supreme Court cites privacy issues in ruling against a newspaper seeking store-by-store data about the federal food assistance program.
Ralph Nader: The Contented Classes Must Rise Up, Too
May 10, 2019 If this country has any hope for a political revolution, the privileged must put marginalized people before their own personal comfort.
‘A Nameless Ghost’: One Mother’s Reflection on Life Cleaning Houses on Minimum Wage
Feb 18, 2019 Americans, says author Stephanie Land, don’t realize how expensive it is to be poor.
