by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 15, 2019 | News
U.S. households eligible to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds will receive their February disbursement in late January. The early release of funds is due to the partial government shutdown, and it means any new applications for SNAP are... by Larry Greenfield | Dec 13, 2013 | Opinion
We have to assume, I think, that they didn’t come as a cohort – the Pharisees and Sadducees, that is. Just some, maybe only a few, of each group appeared out there in the wilderness of Judea, where John the Baptizer was dipping people in the Jordan River – those... by Robert Parham | Jul 15, 2013 | Opinion
House Republicans passed a farm bill last week that did not include funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – or food stamps, breaking the 40-year strategy of combining food stamps and farm subsidies in a single bill. Republicans prioritized... by Robert Parham | Jun 10, 2013 | Opinion
A Tennessee congressman cited the Bible to justify cutting food stamps for the poor while he has accepted millions of dollars in farm subsidies from the federal government. According to press reports and C-Span video, here’s what happened. When the agriculture... by Lauren Markoe and Josef Kuhn | Oct 28, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious leaders and members of Congress this week are getting a firsthand taste of what it’s like to eat on $4.50 a day as part of the “Food Stamp Challenge.”In the challenge, participants try to live for a week on the average amount received by...
