Month: December 2019

U.S. (OW) — You may have heard about the Trump administration’s latest attack on very poor Americans: a punitive new restriction that will cut SNAP benefits for 688,000 people. SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is our country’s most popular and effective nutrition assistance program. Growing up, my family got food stamps — and oh, I hated it. I hated standing in line at the grocery store, knowing we’d be paying with coupons that would brand us as “poor” to anyone who noticed. And yet I loved the fact that we had food….

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US (PT) “Voting is the most preciousright of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of ourvoting process.” -Former Secretary of State HillaryRodham Clinton, in reference to the Election Reform Bill (2005) when she wasserving as a U.S. Senator for New York State Itʼs hard not to laugh when we consider exactly how well the U.S. ranks in electoralintegrity among other industrialized nations. But itʼs one of those laughs weembrace because the bitter truth of it leaves desperation thick in the air. Thispsychological response to…

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