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Rhode Island town relies on food stamps: In Woonsocket, R.I., a third of the residents use SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, to pay for groceries. That means the businesses in the struggling town also rely on the program to survive. Photo: Michael S. Williamson/Washington Post

Food stamps put Rhode Island town on monthly boom-and-bust cycle

by Eli Saslow Washington Post March 16, 2013

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At Pentagon, ‘pivot to Asia’ becomes ‘shift to Africa’

by Craig Whitlock Washington Post March 14, 2013

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Panel examines payroll fraud

by Lane Vanderslice Hunger Notes March 13, 2013

(March 13, 2013) Payroll fraud dramatically reduces the income of millions of US workers, Kim Bobo of Interfaith Workers Justice said today at a Washington DC meeting on the issue. A major concern is that workers are arbitrarily classified as inde...

Youths’ suicides rattle Indian country: The silence that has shrouded suicide in Indian country is being pierced by growing alarm at the sheer numbers of young Native Americans taking their own lives — more than three times the national average, and up to 10 times the average on some reservations. Photo: Washington Post

The hard lives—and high suicide rate—of Native American children on reservations

by Sari Horowitz Washington Post March 10, 2013

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A single home in a block once filled with houses with the Detroit headquarters of General Motors in the distance. The company is thriving again. J.D. Pooley/Getty Images

A private boom amid Detroit’s public blight

by Monica Davey New York Times March 4, 2013

DETROIT — Private industry is blooming here, even as the city’s finances have descended into wreckage.In late 2011, Rachel Lutz opened a clothing shop, the Peacock Room, which proved so successful that she opened another one, Emerald, last fall. ...

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) provided a weak safety net during and after recession

by LaDonna Pavetti Center for Budget and Policy Priorities March 4, 2013

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which provides basic assistance to families with little or no income, responded only modestly to the severe recession that began in December 2007, exposing its inadequacy as a safety net, as we explain ...

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  • For the past 50 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, that
    • Educate the general public and target groups about the extent and causes of hunger and malnutrition in the United States and the world
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    • Facilitate communication and networking among those who are working for solutions
    • Promote individual and collective commitments to sustainable hunger solutions.