San Angel        Before the election in 2024, the normally moderate to liberal Washington Post, had its editorial independence eviscerated when its owner, Amazon-billionaire Jeff Bezos, blocked their endorsement of Harris and mandated the editorial policy move towards business and the right.  Regular readers might still find hope in the general willingness of the editorial …

            Boston       This is D-Day for the US food stamp program, technically named SNAP for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.  New work rules are coming into effect, coupled with the government shutdown, to equal a perfect tsunami for lower-income, working families. The Trump administration, to put more pressure on the Democrats to settle on the …

            New Orleans        We are hours away from a curtailment of food stamp benefits, short of an 11th hour intervention, which seems unlikely.  We are months and days away from the imposition of more putative requirements for food stamps and Medicaid involving 80-hours per month of work, community service, or education in order to …