By an overwhelming margin, American voters oppose cutting food stamp assistance (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) as a way to reduce government ...
The Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network is proud to announcethe release of the 2013 10 Ideas Series, our premier annual publication featuring over ...
Why is raising the federal minimum wage a powerful way for reducing family and child poverty in America? Jan lays out the facts so child advocates can join the fight.
This overview of the federal program SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) reviews who is eligible for SNAP, how much the program costs the government, the ...
It was no laughing matter. On the February 26, 2013 episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Stewart interviewed Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson, ...
Not only does the earned income tax credit keep millions of working families from slipping into poverty each year, it also leads to positive outcomes for family ...
In recent days, policymakers, pundits, and the media have debated whether the “fiscal cliff” budget deal was a victory or defeat for the President or ...
Ben Simon, the young founder of the Food Recovery Network, sparked a national movement for food recovery while a student at the University of Maryland.
These new videos and an accompanying report show how past Presidents have invested in children--and why the current administration needs to do the same.
This study from Public Agenda, a national, nonpartisan research and public engagement organization, suggests that high-poverty schools can succeed, in spite of ...
In 2011 the official poverty rate in the United States was 15 percent, statistically unchanged from 2010. This means that 46.2 million people—or nearly ...
