Cory Booker is literally putting his money where his mouth is. The Newark Mayor and rising Democratic Party star told the Associated Press on Thursday that he plans to honor the challenge he made to a Twitter follower earlier this month to try living on the monetary equivalent of food stamps for at least a [...]
NJ Gov or Senator: Which One is in Future for Newark Mayor Cory Booker?
November 24, 2012 | Posted by
The New Jersey governorship or a U.S. Senate seat—which one is in the future for Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the U.S. mayor who most closely resembles a super hero? The speculation in New Jersey is Booker might be more interested in running for Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s seat in 2014—if the 88-year-old Lautenberg finally retires—than running [...]
Savannah Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $6 Mil in Food Stamps
July 29, 2012 | Posted by
A Savannah woman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1 million in federal funds in a scheme that netted more than $6 million in food stamps and nutrition-assistance benefits. Two co-defendants, Allen’s mother and a friend, also entered guilty pleas to charges in the scheme that First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Durham said [...]
With Nation Starving, Republicans Try to Slash Food Stamps
June 22, 2012 | Posted by
Conservatives are waging a strange, scary, immoral war on the federal food stamp program at a time when it is needed most, argues writer Jordan Weissmann in a compelling essay on the Atlantic Monthly website. The Great Recession has plunged millions of American families into poverty, where they are dependent on the modest subsidies in [...]
Chef Mario Batali Attempting to Live a Week on a Food Stamp Budget
May 14, 2012 | Posted by
To much of the world, it was Monday. To Mario Batali, it was Day Four. The chef, his wife and their two teenage sons are eating for a week on the equivalent of a food stamp budget in protest of potential cuts pending in Congress to the benefit program used by more than 46 million [...]
