BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In the aftermath of eight Democratic U.S. Senators defecting from the party on the government shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says, “We...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — November 1, 2025, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits will not be issued to 42 million Americans, further creating food insecurity in this...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Twenty-five attorneys general across the country and three governors have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Secretary, Brooke...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — There are moments when a nation shows its soul. This is one of them.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — America is being strangled by its own government. Forty million people who depend on food stamps to survive are about to lose them...
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent In its nonstop assault on the most vulnerable Americans, the Trump administration is preparing to impose...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — If there are big cuts to SNAP, “over 285,000 jobs would be at risk” Rep. Bishop pointed out. “Real people are going to...
By Godfrey Lee Market Day celebrated their Grand Re-Opening on Thursday, June 2, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Marin City Community Services at...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Eliminating disparities is an economic, national and ethical imperative. Measures must be taken to empower people and make systems equitable, opportunities attainable, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are relieved knowing that the same determination Rep. Fudge brought to defending hungry families from cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The movement in the 1960s won a Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act, but the Poor People’s Campaign was about building...
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...
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...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A new farming bill could act as a start to ending the long-standing disparities and discrimination in the agriculture field.
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...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist While many American families gathered around the Thanksgiving table last week, some of us combined this year’s traditional dinners with...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist “Are there no prisons? And the workhouses, are they still in operation?” Is that what the government and the people...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Just as the holiday season begins, when the thoughts and actions of some focus on compassion for others, we...
[USA Today] Food stamp benefits will be cut to more than 47 million Americans starting Friday as a temporary boost to the federal program comes to...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Republicans have made it clear that their next budget goal is to slash so-called entitlement programs. Democrats have failed...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Since the government was forced to shut down on October 1, one of the most common refrains has been...
[The Washington Post] House Republicans successfully passed a Farm Bill Thursday by splitting apart funding for food stamps from federal agricultural policy, a move that infuriated...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Both the House and Senate have passed bills that would reduce funding of the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance...
