A recent Trump administration move put SNAP use at farmers markets in jeopardy—but not in California.
Kalena Thomhave
Kalena Thomhave is a freelance journalist and researcher based in Pittsburgh. She is a former Prospect writing fellow.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How SNAP and Medicaid Work Requirements Will Hurt Workers
The problem isn’t that people don’t want to work. It’s the volatile and unstable nature of the low-wage labor market.
Posted inEconomic Policy
With Massive Merger, the Prison Phone Industry Could Become Even More Lucrative
The prison phone industry, which has come under fire for the exorbitant fees it charges prisoners calling home, may be set to become even more profitable. This month, the giant inmate phone services company Securus petitioned the FCC to approve its plan to buy a smaller competitor, ICSolutions. If the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission […]
Posted inWorking in America
Workers Strike and Promote Boycotts on Amazon Prime Day
The online retail giant had an eventful Prime Day, with strikes, boycotts, demonstrations—and of course, billions of dollars in profit.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Nonprofit Group (and Not the Government) Saves SNAP at Farmers Markets—For Now
Food justice advocates breathed a sigh of relief Thursday as a pending disruption in farmers markets accepting SNAP benefits was narrowly averted for the time being. Has the Trump administration stepped in and provided a solution to the markets nationwide that were threatened? Of course not! A nonprofit group has cleaned up after the government’s […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
The SNAP Crisis at Farmers Markets Across the Country
SNAP benefits may not be accepted at many farmers markets this summer. If so, both farmers and low-income people will lose.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Nebraska Voters Could Decide to Expand Medicaid
While many Republican governors have refused to expand Medicaid, some conservative-led states may have to resign themselves to letting direct democracy decide the question, thanks to the efforts of advocacy groups across the country. In Nebraska last week, advocacy group Insure the Good Life announced that it had received the number of required signatures for […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Could Lead to an Increase in Housing Discrimination
Kennedy was the swing vote on a case that affirmed the Fair Housing Act protects against discrimination even if it isn’t explicit.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Could Pro-Choice Advocacy Sway Susan Collins?
Public pressure influenced the Maine Republican’s vote against repealing the ACA. Could that same pressure convince her to protect Roe v. Wade?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Idle Poor and the Idle Rich
Republicans attack the welfare system because they say the poor need to work, but they reduced the incentive of the rich to work by gutting the estate tax.