“The government says pull yourself up by your bootstraps and I’m trying to… I just keep getting knocked down over and over and over...

Few public assistance programs in the United States have attracted as much political attention as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

Obesity has been labeled a “silent killer,” a modern-day epidemic plaguing the nation. Diet-related disease is the leading cause of death...

Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the 2019 fiscal year would make major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)....

Joel Berg is the executive director of Hunger Free America, formerly known as the New York City Coalition Against Hunger. Before joining...

This week, Newark Mayor Cory Booker is doing something that millions of people have done before – he is living on a food stamp budget. Of...