Tag: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
How food assistance programs can feed families and nourish their dignity
Joslyn Brenton, Ithaca College; Alyssa Tindall, Ursinus College, and Senbagam Virudachalam, University of Pennsylvania
The 2025 government shutdown drew...
As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste
Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, American University School of International Service
The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President...
SNAP benefits have been cut and disrupted – causing more kids...
Jenalee Doom, University of Denver
About 4 in 10 of the more than 42 million Americans who get Supplemental...
National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter...
Matthew W. Kreuter, Washington University in St. Louis and Rachel Garg, Washington University in St. Louis
Between January and...
‘Big’ legislative package shifts more of SNAP’s costs to states, saving...
Tracy Roof, University of Richmond
The legislative package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025,...
These four challenges will shape the next farm bill – and...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
For the 20th time since 1933, Congress is writing a multiyear farm bill that...
SNAP work requirements don’t actually get more people working – but...
Kelsey Pukelis, Harvard Kennedy School
The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would cut spending, in part...
Extra SNAP benefits are ending as US lawmakers resume battle over...
Tracy Roof, University of Richmond
Millions of Americans will find it harder to put enough food on the table...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
