LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Los Angeles Unified submitted a public comment letter on Monday to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in opposition of proposed eligibility...
THE AFRO — Sixteen families in the D.M.V. are being sued by the District of Columbia, who seeks more than $2.9 million from parents it says falsified...
THE AFRO — The Maryland Department of Human Resources estimates that more than 650,000 Marylanders receive nutrition help each month through the federal-state partnership known as the...
THE AFRO — Key agenda items for the organization is raising the minimum wage, family medical leave insurance (FMLI), maternal justice– which champions issues of infant...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Starting February 16, Fresh Future Farm store customers will be able to pay what they can afford.
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — As a result of this catastrophic and life-altering shutdown, so many people who have relied on the government for their livelihood have...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — Louisiana Healthcare Connections has announced that it is sponsoring a SNAP match program for mobile fresh produce markets operated by the local non-profit...
Fresh fruits and vegetables just became more affordable to low-income families on food stamps, and small farmers just got a much-needed boost, thanks to the USDA’s...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist In his speech the night before his murder Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. repeated the Biblical parable of the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The recent Department of Justice report on police and court practices in Ferguson, Mo. put a much needed spotlight...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Republican House budget will shred the social safety net designed to protect the most vulnerable citizens,...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New federal grants will help 10 states test programs to help food stamp recipients find jobs, from using...
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer African-Americans continue to suffer disproportionately high rates of hunger and poverty despite the growing economy, according to an...
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer African-Americans continue to suffer disproportionately high rates of hunger and poverty despite the growing economy, according to an...
Jonathan Ellis, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to release studies this spring that will provide more information about the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The president’s budget released this week proposes billions in critical new federal investments for 2016 and beyond to improve...
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