“Families have already suffered enough, going nearly a week without SNAP,” said one campaigner. “They don’t deserve all of this whiplash from Republicans over the food they need to survive.” A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to release full funding for 42 million Americans’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by Friday, but the US […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the price increases will cost US families “an estimated $70 billion over the next three years.” As low-income households in northern states where the weather has already turned colder face the loss of heating assistance due to the government shutdown, a congressional report unveiled Thursday reveals that households across the country can expect to pay […]
“Trump put billionaires in charge of everything,” said progressive Congressman Greg Casar. “It’s a disaster.” The US labor market, which in recent months had ground nearly to a halt, now appears to be entering a downward spiral. As reported by the Washington Post on Thursday, new data from corporate outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that employers in October announced 153,000 job […]
ICE, said one organizer, “should rightly be called child abusers.” A parent at Rayito de Sol, a Spanish immersion daycare center in North Center, Chicago, summarized what took place there Wednesday when armed immigration agents entered the facility and arrested one of the childcare providers. “What has happened today is domestic terrorism,” said Maria Guzman […]