Trump budget director: Feeding elderly and children has to end, it's not...
Campaign ActionWhite House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told the White House press corps Thursday that popular vote loser Donald Trump's budget cuts Meals on Wheels and...
View ArticleTRUE BLUE REPORT: Mick Mulvaney's ignorant, damnable, callous, Republicon...
Mick Mulvaney said a terrible, horrible, no good very bad thing today.He said it with a straight face.And he spoke for the entire Republicon party when he said it.Below is the edited version I heard on...
View ArticleGutting the Meals on Wheels program would devastate millions, including...
They survived the Depression. World War II. Korea. Vietnam. Reagan’s trickle down and even George W. Bush and his “compassionate” cuts to basic services. But will our elderly veterans survive without...
View ArticleWe need Meals on Wheels
This is the first time I have written on here because I decided I would only write something that hit me personally. Well it has happened.I was lucky that I missed most of the 2016 Presidential...
View ArticleSenator Al Franken delivers Meals on Wheels to elderly Minnesotans
The cruelty of the Republican drive to do away with social safety nets is easily expressed in the recent callous statement of dumb by White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney,...
View ArticleWhat life is like on welfare
This is an incredibly personal story, but thanks to recent articles on TANF and what happens to people on welfare in Mississippi, I feel the need to share it finally. I live in Colorado, which has...
View ArticleIn the Midst of All This, People are Still Hungry; The Food is in the Mail 2017
Yes, there are a lot of things to think about right now. Will I be able to keep my health insurance? Are we headed for war? Heck, will there even be a United States as we know it next year?And, in the...
View ArticleMichelle Obama responds to Trump: 'Think about why someone is OK with your...
In the beginning of May, Donald Trump’s Agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue announced that his department would be rolling back the nutrition regulations that had been put into place during the Obama...
View ArticleIndians 101: Modern American Indian Art (Photo Diary)
The Portland Art Museum’s Center for Contemporary Native Art recently brought together two Cherokee artists, Brenda Mallory (Cherokee Nation) and Luzene Hill (Eastern Band Cherokee), for an exhibit...
View ArticleOpen thread for night owls: In Oklahoma, a four day school week leaves some...
American public schools are, first and foremost, our means of education. For those families that live below the poverty line, however, they can also be an all-too-necessary source of food.Oklahoma's...
View ArticleAlabama counties cut 85% of their food stamp participants with no work in sight
While former Governor Robert Bentley was using Alabama taxpayer funds to fly helicopters to find his wallet and nearly getting himself impeached for misusing campaign funds (amongst other things), he...
View ArticleIndians 101: Northwest Coast Boxes, Bowls, and Ladles (Photo Diary)
The Northwest Coast culture area stretches along the Pacific coast between the Cascade Mountains and the ocean. It extends north of California to Alaska. This is an area which is the home to many...
View ArticleHere's what you can do to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey is still raining down on east Texas. Some areas are already approaching 50 inches of rain, with days of rain still in the forecast. x49 inches and counting: Harvey just set a rainfall...
View ArticleAfter serving over two million meals in Puerto Rico, Chef Andrés' work 'may...
There’s been some Twitter chatter here and there that Chef José Andrés and his World Central Kitchen deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for serving over two million meals in Puerto Rico following Maria, but...
View ArticleHBCU students are on a hunger strike to reduce food insecurity on their campuses
About 25 students attending Spelman and Morehouse Colleges have been on a hunger strike since November 2, Crossroads News reports. The students are taking action to raise awareness about food...
View ArticleHunger: Street Prophets Coffee Hour
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. I thought it would be good if we talk about hunger, not hunger in far...
View ArticleSeven ways to give back during the holidays
Between your holiday parties, family obligations and the pressure of finding the perfect gift, this time of year can go by in a flash. But as a compassionate person, we know it’s important to you to...
View ArticleUN envoy shares the depressing truth about American poverty our most powerful...
Philip Alston only spent two weeks in the United States and left with a better understanding of class and poverty in this country than most native-born individuals will get. Alston, an Australian law...
View ArticleTrump's Yoyo Regulations on School Lunch
This article is cross-posted at Parents Across America Oregon.This is an update of an article that I wrote several years ago and have updated a couple of times since. It originally appeared on the...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing: Poverty in America
Billionaires queuing up to listen to Donald Trump at WEF in Davos last week. I get so tired of hearing people say the US is the richest country in the world, particularly since according to the IMF,...
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