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Farm Bill
February 28, 2024
Grace Segers
The Republicans’ Plan for Anti-Hunger Programs Could Leave Some Needy Families Behind
Beneficiaries of SNAP and WIC might end up getting caught in the crossfire of a proposed funding deal.
November 17, 2023
Grace Segers
Farm Bill’s Food Stamp Generosity May Be a Bridge Too Far for Some Freedom Caucusers
Divisions over relief for food insecurity remain a big sticking point as lawmakers try to move this must-pass measure over the goal line.
August 9, 2023
Stephen Robert Miller
Why Are We Paying for Crop Failures in the Desert?
Taxpayers are on the hook for heat-related crop losses in parched states like Arizona. That needs to change.
August 7, 2023
Grace Segers
Hunger Programs Are on the Line as Congress Negotiates With Itself
The upcoming deliberations over the farm bill will consume a considerable amount of lawmakers’—and lobbyists’—time.
June 2, 2023
Grace Segers
The Work Requirements Fight Isn’t Over
Conservatives grumble that the debt ceiling deal was insufficient. Can they force new talks on work requirements?
April 6, 2023
Grace Segers
The Republican Plan to Cut the Deficit on the Backs of Struggling Americans
The GOP is again pushing for harsher work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP—even though it would barely dent our national debt.
March 8, 2023
Grace Segers
Food Banks Will Bear the Brunt of America’s Looming Hunger Cliff
As the Covid-era SNAP emergency allotment program ends this month, providers are already seeing increased need.
January 27, 2023
Grace Segers
A Nationwide Fight Over Food Insecurity Is Just Beginning
From a draconian new proposal in Iowa to farm bill deliberations in Washington, the ideological battles over food aid will soon kick off—and no one knows who will end up paying the price.
March 6, 2020
Rachel Riederer
The Thankless Task of Being a Topless Anti-Dairy Protester
The militant vegans who rushed Biden’s victory speech are trying to be heard amid a cacophony of tiny interest groups.
November 7, 2018
Emily Atkin
The midterm elections may have saved food stamps.
July 26, 2018
Emily Atkin
Trump’s Farmer Bailout and America’s Broken Food System
The president's $12 billion plan to help those hurt by his trade war highlights the deep-rooted dysfunction of the U.S. agriculture industry.
May 18, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Farm Bill Is Everything That’s Wrong With Congress
Dysfunction? Check. Cynicism? Check. Bad policies that will make Americans less healthy and safe? Check.
April 17, 2018
Sarah Jones
Perpetuating the Cycle of Poverty
How the Republican Party’s proposals to reform the food stamp program will keep people down
January 4, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Republican Threat to Food Stamps in 2018
Paul Ryan wants to tackle entitlement reform this year, and America's largest anti-hunger program is a top target.
February 4, 2014
David Dayen
The Farm Bill Still Gives Wads of Cash to Agribusiness. It's Just Sneakier About It.
October 29, 2013
Alec MacGillis
A Greater Challenge to the Merchant Marine Than Pirates: The Farm Bill
September 20, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The Republicans' Mixed Up Farm Bill Philosophy
July 15, 2013
Michael Kinsley
House Republicans Will Rot for Cutting Food Stamps From the Farm Bill
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