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 Mitch Randall | Jan 3, 2019 | Opinion
As 2019 gets underway, a large part of the U.S. government remains shut down. According to President Donald Trump and congressional lawmakers, the shutdown centers on one issue: funding to build a physical wall along the southern border of the United States. For much...
by Molly T. Marshall | Oct 2, 2013 | Opinion
The lectionary readings for this coming Sunday are bracing. They speak of destroyed cities, exilic experience and leadership failure. They sound much like the America many are enduring. Lamentations begins with this poignant description: “How lonely sits the...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 11, 2011 | News
Congressional leaders averted a shutdown of the federal government at almost midnight on April 8 after prolonged and contentious negotiations, agreeing to $37.8 billion in cuts from the current year’s budget that runs through the end of September. The House and...
