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Fair Workweek Bill Passes
Monday, January 7, 2019 | City Wide

Last month, Philly won a huge victory for its working poor. Our Advocacy and Communications Accociate, Alyssa Bradley, has a lot of insight into what this will mean for the city. 

Protesters Urge Costello to Oppose cuts to food stamps
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 | Pottstown Mercury

“I will do anything so my children don’t go hungry,”

Policy changes would be felt in minority communities
Saturday, April 28, 2018 | The Philadelphia Tribune
The food industry’s food stamps problem
Thursday, April 19, 2018 | New Food Economy
Walk Against Hunger at the Linc
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 | NBC 10

Tom Mahon from the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger tells you what to expect at this weekend's “Walk Against Hunger” at Lincoln Financial Field in South Philly.

Suggesting food aid recipients without jobs are lazy is a divisive Trump political tactic
Thursday, April 12, 2018 | Philadelphia Inquirer

“By punishing workers for being unemployed – or simply underemployed – these proposals would hurt tens of thousands in Pennsylvania while doing nothing to help them find work faster,”

Hunger ‘a silent issue’ in Bucks County
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 | Bucks County Courier Times

Hunger is preventable, said those who work to alleviate food insecurity in Bucks County.

Trump administration proposes limiting food choices for SNAP recipients
Thursday, February 15, 2018 | WHYY

The Trump administration’s recent budget-cutting proposal would not bode well for low-income families enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Trump wants to slash food stamps and replace them with a ‘Blue Apron-type program’
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 | The Washington Post

“It boggles the mind how that would play out,” said Kathy Fisher, policy director at Philadelphia’s Coalition Against Hunger. 

Trump plan could limit food choices for local low-income families
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 | Bucks County Courier Times

Among the proposed changes to the “food stamp” program, SNAP recipients would get shelf-stable milk, cereals, pasta, peanut butter, beans and canned fruit and vegetables.

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