Welfare Cheats

Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune Jan 14, 2014 Dig deeper

Republican Plan for the Poor

Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune Jan 13, 2014 Dig deeper

Diabetes Crisis on the Rise as Republicans Aim to Cut Food Stamps

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2014 Researchers at UC San Francisco aimed to show the correlation between lack of funding for food and the rise in incidences of hypoglycemia. What they found is that at the end of the month, as the budget gets tighter, the poor are more likely to be hospitalized due to the diabetes-related issue than are their wealthier counterparts. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

SNAP

Signe Wilkinson / Truthdig Nov 28, 2013 Dig deeper

Cruel and Unusual Republicans Want Poor Americans to Starve

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 10, 2013 Among the many victims of the Republicans’ deranged effort to kill Obamacare are the millions of forgotten poor suffering from bad nutrition or just plain hunger. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Elderly Women Hit by Poverty More Often Than Men

BLANK Sep 30, 2013 An analysis of recently released census data finds a disconcerting difference in poverty levels between men and women -- particularly those over age 65 -- and unconscionably high levels for women of color. More than one in three Native American women live below the federal poverty line. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hungry? Don’t Expect House Republicans to Help—or Care

BLANK Sep 22, 2013 The tea party-driven House this week approved drastic cuts to the federal food stamp program. Although the reductions likely won't clear the Senate or President Obama, the vote reveals a coldhearted approach to the nation's most vulnerable, including children, the elderly and veterans having trouble fitting back into society. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How the GOP Takes ‘Glee in Inflicting Further Suffering’ on the Miserable

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 15, 2013 The latest criticism of the Republican Party launched by New York Times columnist Paul Krugman centers around the "monstrous" farm bill that passed through the GOP-controlled House last week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Vatican: Pope Ready for ‘New Meetings’ With Sexual Abuse Victims

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2010 In a Vatican Radio broadcast on Friday, one Rev Federico Lombardi, spokesman for the Holy See, announced that Pope Benedict XVI is ready to hold "new meetings" with victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy members, but at least one victims' group (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )