I receive quite a few emails from readers who are on food assistance and are also using Super-Couponing techniques to stretch their budgets. Shoppers who receive government assistance for food purchases face some unique issues at the grocery store.
HOWELL (AP) — The 2010 Buick Enclave parked in her garage kept Michigan resident Renee Moore from getting food stamps for two months last year, even though her family’s income had dropped to below the poverty level, her husband’s Ford Explorer …
Protesters outside the Alabama statehouse in November. (AP/Dave Martin)Some U.S.-born children with parents who are illegal immigrants have been denied food stamps under Alabama’s new immigration law, Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen …
Regarding your editorial “Food Stamp Nation” (Jan. 19): Instead of relying on the hard data that tell the full story about the Agriculture Department’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as a critical support for millions of …
Al Sharpton challenged Newt Gingrich to meet him to discuss his controversial comments about blacks and food stamps, and poor children working as janitors. The Hill reported that a man in South Carolina questioned Gingrich on his comments, and …
Newt Gingrich reeks of desperation. Or, it might just be the smell of red herrings. In a last ditch attempt to be the “anybody-but-Mitt” candidate, he’s doubled-down on his argument that African Americans should “demand pay checks and not be satisfied with …
Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) — Supermarkets that had been adding Starbucks Corp. cafes and olive bars to draw wealthy shoppers are now catering to a different audience: food-stamp recipients. Stores are moving their opening hours, adding products and …
It’s one thing if you make a less than sensitive remark on the campaign trail, but it’s another thing altogether when you ask for praise instead of forgiveness afterwards. That’s just what former GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich did in New …
Remember food stamps? They’re not called that anymore. What they are called is something of a problem. When the program got started in April 1939, the name made sense. Food stamps were actually orange and blue stamps people could use to buy food. After the …
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich vigorously defended his controversial comments about food stamps and African-Americans Sunday, saying he was “irritated” by the reaction and believed people should have welcomed his remarks …