SNAP Challenge for One: How much do the cutters want to take out of this food basket?
Deborah Weinstein,
March 21, 2025
I took a mini-version of the SNAP Challenge – to see what I could buy for the approximately $6 for one day that SNAP now provides for one person.
Congress Passes FY 2025 Spending Package While Administration Attacks Human Needs
Meredith Dodson,
March 18, 2025
Instead of bipartisan legislation prioritizing investments in human needs, the Republican-led Congress rubber stamped the Trump's cuts. These large scale cuts are their own form of a government shutdown and will take decades to recover from.
Human Needs Watch: Why SNAP Cuts Hurt People and Must Not Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy- Words and Pictures
CHN Staff,
March 17, 2025
The House-passed budget instructs the Agriculture Committee to cut spending by $230 billion over 10 years. SNAP, known as food stamps, would face harsh cuts. This would hurt families and children across the nation in a time of increasing needs.
Turning IRS Agents to Deportation Will Reduce Public Revenues
Jon Whiten and Carl Davis,
March 17, 2025
The Trump Administration’s plan to turn IRS agents into deportation agents will result in lower tax collections in addition to the harm done to the families and communities directly affected by deportations.
We Need Medicaid More Than Billionaires Need Tax Cuts
Raven MacFarlane-Bradbrook,
March 14, 2025
Republicans in Congress want to gut Medicaid, denying life-saving health care for regular families to cut taxes for billionaires.
