Jun 02 Should food stamps be used for sugary drinks? Researchers find new evidence to support a ban By Diane Jeanty A new study released by Health Affairs on Monday shows that a proposed ban on sugar sweetened beverages purchased with SNAP benefits would significantly reduce obesity in adults ages 18-65. A subsidy for fruits and vegetables would more than double… Continue reading
May 22 Watch What quality of life can workers earning nation’s highest minimum wage afford? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Pulitzer winner dug beyond politics to explore impact of food stamps on American families By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 09 Missouri moves to end lifetime ban on food stamps for drug felons By Margaret Myers Nine states ban food stamp benefits for people convicted of felony drug offenses, but one of those, Missouri, is looking to modify its law. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch Breaking stereotypes and sharing stories, women use cameras to take aim at hunger By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 07 Obama to sign farm bill that trims food stamps By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press President Barack Obama is carrying out a presidential duty that he hasn't had a lot of opportunity to perform recently: signing into law a major piece of bipartisan legislation. Mr. Obama will sign the farm bill into law Friday at… Continue reading
Feb 07 How a fraction of farm bill money supports ‘bright spot’ of U.S. international trade By Elizabeth Shell President Obama plans to sign the 2014 Farm Bill Friday, a move that will solidify food and agriculture policy for the next half decade -- which goes much further than nutrition programs and crop insurance. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch Congress nears compromise on farm bill By PBS News Hour After two years of work and battle, Congress seems close to a farm bill deal. Gwen Ifill talks to Bloomberg News' Alan Bjerga about what's in the bipartisan compromise -- including changes to farm subsidies and $8 billion in cuts… Continue watching
Jan 27 Majority of Americans receiving food stamps are working-age By News Desk For the first time, working-age people make up the majority of Americans relying on government food stamps -- a major shift in trends from a few years ago when children and elderly made up the bulk of those receiving the… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 9:43 Poverty rates surge in American suburbs When President Johnson declared a “War on Poverty” fifty years ago, images of the American poor focused on the inner-city and rural poor. What is the state of American poverty today? Megan Thompson reports on the less visible but growing… Continue watching