Grace Carr Republish Reprint Food stamp users will be able to purchase their groceries online in a pilot partnership program between mega-supermarket companies and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA announced Thursday its launch of a “SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot” permitting food stamp users to buy their groceries online for pickup or delivery….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Former NAACP branch president Rachel Dolezal, who lied about being black but still identifies as black, is now jobless, living on food stamps and expects to lose her home next month. “There’s no protected class for me,” the former NAACP branch president told The Guardian. “I’m this generic, ambiguous…
By Connor D. Wolf A Missouri convenience store owner and his son were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday for allowing customers to trade food stamps for synthetic drugs. Haq Choudhry and his son Haris Nawaz operated Short Stop Convenience Store just outside Kansas City. They allegedly allowed customers on food stamps to trade their benefits for…
Seven former employees of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services have been indicted for the theft of more than $959,000 in federally funded Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards following an internal audit and “months-long” investigation, state Attorney General Matt Denn (D) announced on Tuesday. The social workers created accounts for fictitious Supplemental Nutrition…
By Thomas Phippen The head of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is pleased at the number of people who relied on welfare to stay above the poverty line in 2015. “Last year, SNAP kept at least 4.7 million Americans — including 2.1 million children — out of poverty,” agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack said in a press release announcing grant awards related to welfare support Wednesday….
By Connor D. Wolf A large woman destroyed a convenience store after having her food stamp benefits card declined, according to a video uploaded to Live Leak Thursday. “Call the police, call the police,” the unnamed woman says repeatedly in the video as she lumbers around the store causing havoc. “Call the police. Do your…
By Juliegrace Brufke GOP lawmakers said the nation’s welfare system is keeping Americans trapped in poverty during the Ways and Means Committee hearing on the welfare system in 10 years Tuesday. “The current system is a disjointed maze of more than 80 different programs that have been layered on top of one another with little regard for…
by Connor D. Wolf Eleven governors urged congressional lawmakers in a letter released Tuesday to support a proposal that would give states the right to drug-test food stamp recipients. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers the food stamp program in coordination with state agencies. It is officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
By Geoffrey Ingersoll Hundreds of thousands of food stamp recipients are expected to lose their benefits in April as work requirements steadily go back into effect in 22 states. The food stamp program has included work requirements since 1996, but many of these were waived in response to the great recession. Able-bodied adults without children are…
Connor D. Wolf Hundreds of thousands of food stamp recipients are expected to lose their benefits in April with work requirements going back into effect in 22 states. The food stamp program has included work requirements since 1996, but were waived for many in response to the great recession. Able-bodied adults without children are…