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
by Eli Saslow Washington Post March 16, 2013
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by Craig Whitlock Washington Post March 14, 2013
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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
by Sari Horowitz Washington Post March 10, 2013
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