Linda Taylor was an outlier; the stereotype wasn’t. Politicians weaponized her to slash aid, then called it “reform.” Forty-two million need SNAP because wages don’t cover life. Dignity isn’t fraud. #SNAP #PovertyPolicy

The Real Breadline Was the Cuts We Made Along the Way Nancy Mace warned New York’s new mayor about breadlines. She should be worried. She voted to make them happen.

Rep. Nancy Mace warns about “breadlines in NYC.”
She helped make them.
In 2023, she voted to cut $186 billion from food aid.
Now she’s using poverty as a punchline.

🧾 Full piece:
open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

#SNAP #FoodPolicy #Substack #PoliticalTheater #PovertyPolicy

Report: CA child poverty rate rises to 18% Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…

California’s child poverty rate rose to 18% in 2024, according to @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social. The Annie E. Casey Foundation says without current support programs, the rate could reach 29%, affecting 880,000 more children.

#ChildWellbeing #PovertyPolicy #CaliforniaKids #SNAP #CTC #KidsCount

🚨 ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! The #USDA just told stores they can’t give discounts to hungry families because of a bureaucratic rule?! 🍞💸

This isn’t “equal treatment,” it’s weaponized cruelty- a masterclass in punishing the poor for daring to exist. 🤬

#SNAP #PovertyPolicy #CrueltyIsThePoint

The American Hunger Algorithm: SNAP may end in days, but it was never built to survive

The American Hunger Algorithm
SNAP may end in days.
Because we built a system that can starve people by design.
Full story:
slmurphree.substack.com/p/the-americ...

#SNAP #FoodInsecurity #WIC #PovertyPolicy #HungerCrisis #GovernmentShutdown #EconomicJustice #SocialSafetyNet

Food insecurity didn’t vanish, the government just stopped counting it.
For 30 years, the USDA’s Household Food Security survey showed us how families were struggling. Now, those receipts are gone.
And when you erase the data, you erase the people. #HungerCrisis #DataMatters #PovertyPolicy

The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive When Reconciliation Means Robbing the Poor to Pay the Billionaires

The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#PolicyAnalysis
#EconomicJustice
#SocialImpact
#BudgetCuts
#PovertyPolicy
#PublicHealth
#SNAPCuts
#Medicaid
#EducationFunding
#LegislativeAnalysis

The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive When Reconciliation Means Robbing the Poor to Pay the Billionaires

The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#PolicyAnalysis
#EconomicJustice
#SocialImpact
#BudgetCuts
#PovertyPolicy
#PublicHealth
#SNAPCuts
#Medicaid
#EducationFunding
#LegislativeAnalysis
#CongressionalPolicy

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#AI #Benefits #PovertyPolicy #Robots #STEM #Oracy #EYFS #Education #Schools #Teaching #inequality

Trump's answer to the farm labor crisis he created? Medicaid work requirements. But here’s the truth: Most Medicaid recipients already work. Often in multiple jobs. This isn’t reform it’s punishment.
#Medicaid #WorkRequirements #PovertyPolicy

Mike Lee opposed the expanded Child Tax Credit that lifted millions of kids out of poverty. Why? Because he'd rather protect tax breaks for billionaires than feed hungry children. #MikeLeeExposed #PovertyPolicy #FamilyValuesMyAss

The Cruelty of SNAP Restrictions How Housing-Insecure People Suffer the Most

SNAP restrictions on ultra-processed foods ignore the realities of poverty and food insecurity. For housing-insecure individuals and college students alike, these policies mean fewer options, not better health. Read more:

#SNAP #FoodJustice #PovertyPolicy