87,000 people have gotten insurance through the state’s Medicaid expansion—now that it’s working so well, GOP legislators are trying to get rid of the plan.
Monica Potts
Monica Potts is a former senior writer at The American Prospect. She is working on a book about low-income women in her rural Arkansas hometown. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, New York, Vogue.com, The Daily Beast, The Trace, and Democracy.
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Stress, Poverty, and the Childhood Reading Gap
A recent study adds to the mounting pile of evidence that a child’s early years are critical for determining later academic success. Poor kids are falling far behind.
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Heat or Something to Eat? New SNAP Rules Might Force Poor Families to Choose
The new Farm Bill, which goes before the Senate today, proposes to cut a program that gives assistance to the neediest.
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The Year in Preview: Paul Ryan’s Misguided Poverty Plan
The representative from Wisconsin is heading into 2014 by positioning himself as an advocate for the needy. Will the label stick?
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The Vindictiveness of the Vitter Amendment
A suggested provision in the farm bill would leave ex-offenders without access to food stamps.
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Poor, with Savings
New York is helping low-income families pay down debts and cover expenses. But don’t expect this program to go national.
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America’s Neediest Families Are About to Run Out of Money
Federal money that goes to the states to provide cash and job training assistance to the nation’s poorest is drying out because of the shutdown. That’s a huge problem.
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Five Reasons Food Stamps Work Just Fine
It seems that food stamps are always in danger of facing the chopping block. Here are the numbers on the program’s effectiveness.
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Playing Hunger Games with Food Stamps
The House decides to cut $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which could leave millions of impoverished families without food.
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A Long Way from the End of Men
New numbers from the Census Bureau show how tough this country is on women.