Eligible households will still receive monthly SNAP benefits for January. But other domestic nutrition assistance programs such as the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, WIC, and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations will only be operational based on available resources.
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Tennessee Governor Considering Clemency for Cyntoia Brown | Rolling Stone
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam said he will have an answer about clemency before he leaves office in six weeks
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Authorities find 123 missing children in just ONE day during a Michigan sex trafficking operation | MSN
The one-day initiative, which took place on September 26, recovered 123 of the 301 children that had been reported missing in the area following weeks of investigations.
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How Cory Booker’s “Baby Bond” Proposal Could Transform the Reparations Debate | The New Yorker
Benjamin Wallace Wells , The New Yorker Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing for Rex Tillerson, former chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corp. and secretary of state nominee for President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images). Featured Image [dropcap]Cory[/dropcap] […]
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Homeowners have lost $156 billion by living in a ‘black neighborhood’ | CNN Business
Homes of similar quality in neighborhoods with similar amenities are worth 23% less in majority-black neighborhoods, compared to those with very few or no black residents.
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The Quality More Important Than Confidence | The Atlantic
The host of public radio’s 1A on how support from his West Palm Beach community cannonballed him into media
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#LandWithoutLandlords in Black Oakland | San Francisco Bay View
An interview with Noni Sessions
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(July 29, 1985) Poverty is complex; Poor share work ethic, U.S. dream | Los Angeles Times
“Every chance at a job turns out just to be a tease…”
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Baltimore Organization Helping Fathers, Families with Sustainable Employment, Life Skills | The Washington Informer
Twenty years ago, Christy Lee Shockley was a single mother living in a shelter and unable to keep a job. The trauma she had experienced in her childhood caught up to her and she needed support to realize her potential.
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Convicted US murderer Samuel Little confesses to killing 90 women | The Guardian
If 78-year-old’s claims are confirmed, it would make him one of the worst serial killers in American history.
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