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*Newark, NJ mayor Cory Booker is in the midst of a self-imposed food stamp challenge inspired by a Twitter debate about the responsibility of government to provide food for its people – and let’s just say his stomach is on growl. As previously reported, Booker opted to live for a week on the monetary equivalent [...]
*Newark, NJ mayor Cory Booker is about to go on food stamps for one month just to prove a point to one of his Twitter followers, who will join him in the challenge with the belief that no family should be “too poor to afford breakfast” if they are receiving government assistance. Mayor Booker is [...]
*Earlier we reported that NBA/Miami Heat star Chris Bosh was denied by a Florida judge from taking his 3-year-old daughter, Trinity, out of the country to the Olympics in London in July. Now comes word via Jose Lambiet’s Gossip Extra that Trinity’s mother, Allison Matthis, has applied for food stamps and is on the verge [...]
*Education is the key to freedom for many. An advanced education promises higher salaries and benefits for most, but there are still some that are finding that the hundreds of thousands of dollars that have been spent on several degrees far outweigh their ability to repay those loans. A recent report from ABC, gives clear [...]
*The country is making a come-up economically, but there are still those that are in dire need. But, you also have those who abuse the system like those folks we told you about out of Michigan. They are both collecting food stamps after hitting over $1 million lottery jackpots. But, maybe that’s what one state [...]
*The financial state of affairs in Michigan are dismal to say the least. But they still have a lottery system for those who want to try their luck. And so far, it has worked out big for the state’s residents. Another Michigan resident has hit the lottery, but the big winner is also a welfare [...]
*Over the last few weeks, Republican Party Presidential Nominee, Newt Gingrich, has found a way to make himself relevant again. Not to the Republican Party, because are trying a way to sink him. Newt has become relevant to the always dysfunctional (and uncomfortable) race discourse in this nation. This time around Newt is trying to [...]
*There are probably many welfare recipients out there that play the lottery and hope that they hit so they can drop the aid they’re receiving. But, one man doesn’t hope for that at all. He is happy for the opportunity to receive his jackpot as well as retain his Bridge card where he receives his food stamps. [...]
*Hunger rates in the U.S. rose sharply in 2008 to their highest levels since the U.S. Department of Agriculture started tracking the number in 1995, and they’ve held steady ever since. As many as 1 million American families with children were forced to go without eating at some point in the past year. The number [...]
*Some of you may be familiar with Compass airlines, but we are not. This is probably why they can’t afford to pay their flight attendants enough. Earlier this month, a flight attendant by the name of Kirsten Arianejad was fired for publicly revealing that she is eligible for food stamps. If you’re not able to [...]
*Approximately 34 per cent of African American children live in households that “struggle to put food on the table.” This is according to a new study released last week entitled “Hunger by the Numbers among African Americans.” It was compiled by the anti-hunger organization Bread for the World and is based on what the group [...]
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