Tag: SNAP
Getting poorer while working harder: The ‘cliff effect’
Susan R. Crandall, University of Massachusetts Boston
Forty percent of all working-age Americans sometimes struggle to pay their monthly bills.
There is no place in...
The Trump administration wants to tighten SNAP work requirements, bypassing Congress
Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, North Carolina State University
The Trump administration wants to tighten even further longstanding restrictions on who is eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
The 2019 government shutdown is just the latest reason why poor...
Jamila Michener, Cornell University
I conduct a lot of in-depth interviews with people like a woman I’ll call Angie as part of my work as...
The votes have been counted, the results are (mostly) in: What’s...
Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University
Ever since the legislative battle over the passage of the Affordable Care Act, health care has dominated the political...
The GOP’s poor arguments for doubling down on SNAP’s work requirements
Patricia Smith, University of Michigan
Republicans aim to tighten the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s work requirements as part of the farm bill Congress is debating.
These...