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The politics of too much, and not enough.

House elections stamp expiration date on GOP “welfare reform in the farm bill”

11.07.2018
Chuck Abbott
How an algorithm kicks small businesses out of the food stamps program on dubious fraud charges
10.08.2018
by H. Claire Brown
Why did a top USDA official meet with an industry lobbyist about keeping food stamps data secret?
10.01.2018
by H. Claire Brown
Freezers taped shut, food dangling from ceilings: How food pantries prepare for Hurricane Florence
09.13.2018
by Jessica Fu
How can farmers’ markets survive the SNAP software SNAFU? Ask the state that didn’t have one
08.13.2018
by Jimin Kang
Which retailers profit from food stamps? Journalists have been asking for years—and we may never know
08.09.2018
by H. Claire Brown
30 million children rely on free school lunch. Where do they eat when school’s out?
07.03.2018
by Jessica Fu + Jimin Kang + The Counter
When Denver stopped lunch-shaming, debt from unpaid meals skyrocketed
06.29.2018
by Ann Schimke
Amazon gets huge subsidies to provide good jobs—but it’s a top employer of SNAP recipients in at least five states
04.19.2018
by H. Claire Brown
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