Mike Lee opposed the expanded Child Tax Credit that lifted millions of kids out of poverty. Why? Because he'd rather protect tax breaks for billionaires than feed hungry children. #MikeLeeExposed #PovertyPolicy #FamilyValuesMyAss
June 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Mike Lee opposed the expanded Child Tax Credit that lifted millions of kids out of poverty. Why? Because he'd rather protect tax breaks for billionaires than feed hungry children. #MikeLeeExposed #PovertyPolicy #FamilyValuesMyAss
🚨 ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! The #USDA just told stores they can’t give discounts to hungry families because of a bureaucratic rule?! 🍞💸
This isn’t “equal treatment,” it’s weaponized cruelty- a masterclass in punishing the poor for daring to exist. 🤬
#SNAP #PovertyPolicy #CrueltyIsThePoint
This isn’t “equal treatment,” it’s weaponized cruelty- a masterclass in punishing the poor for daring to exist. 🤬
#SNAP #PovertyPolicy #CrueltyIsThePoint
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚨 ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! The #USDA just told stores they can’t give discounts to hungry families because of a bureaucratic rule?! 🍞💸
This isn’t “equal treatment,” it’s weaponized cruelty- a masterclass in punishing the poor for daring to exist. 🤬
#SNAP #PovertyPolicy #CrueltyIsThePoint
This isn’t “equal treatment,” it’s weaponized cruelty- a masterclass in punishing the poor for daring to exist. 🤬
#SNAP #PovertyPolicy #CrueltyIsThePoint
Trump's answer to the farm labor crisis he created? Medicaid work requirements. But here’s the truth: Most Medicaid recipients already work. Often in multiple jobs. This isn’t reform it’s punishment.
#Medicaid #WorkRequirements #PovertyPolicy
#Medicaid #WorkRequirements #PovertyPolicy
July 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump's answer to the farm labor crisis he created? Medicaid work requirements. But here’s the truth: Most Medicaid recipients already work. Often in multiple jobs. This isn’t reform it’s punishment.
#Medicaid #WorkRequirements #PovertyPolicy
#Medicaid #WorkRequirements #PovertyPolicy
Robots, hunger and gender pay gaps...
Just some of the topics available to read in next weeks Substack.
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#AI #Benefits #PovertyPolicy #Robots #STEM #Oracy #EYFS #Education #Schools #Teaching #inequality
Just some of the topics available to read in next weeks Substack.
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#AI #Benefits #PovertyPolicy #Robots #STEM #Oracy #EYFS #Education #Schools #Teaching #inequality
News, research & insights
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July 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Robots, hunger and gender pay gaps...
Just some of the topics available to read in next weeks Substack.
Get early access for #FREE by subscribing below
open.substack.com/pub/thatpove...
#AI #Benefits #PovertyPolicy #Robots #STEM #Oracy #EYFS #Education #Schools #Teaching #inequality
Just some of the topics available to read in next weeks Substack.
Get early access for #FREE by subscribing below
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#AI #Benefits #PovertyPolicy #Robots #STEM #Oracy #EYFS #Education #Schools #Teaching #inequality
SNAP restrictions on ultra-processed foods ignore the realities of poverty and food insecurity. For housing-insecure individuals and college students alike, these policies mean fewer options, not better health. Read more:
#SNAP #FoodJustice #PovertyPolicy
#SNAP #FoodJustice #PovertyPolicy
The Cruelty of SNAP Restrictions
How Housing-Insecure People Suffer the Most
sofiasculinarychronicles.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
SNAP restrictions on ultra-processed foods ignore the realities of poverty and food insecurity. For housing-insecure individuals and college students alike, these policies mean fewer options, not better health. Read more:
#SNAP #FoodJustice #PovertyPolicy
#SNAP #FoodJustice #PovertyPolicy
Rep. Nancy Mace warns about “breadlines in NYC.”
She helped make them.
In 2023, she voted to cut $186 billion from food aid.
Now she’s using poverty as a punchline.
🧾 Full piece:
open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...
#SNAP #FoodPolicy #Substack #PoliticalTheater #PovertyPolicy
She helped make them.
In 2023, she voted to cut $186 billion from food aid.
Now she’s using poverty as a punchline.
🧾 Full piece:
open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...
#SNAP #FoodPolicy #Substack #PoliticalTheater #PovertyPolicy
The Real Breadline Was the Cuts We Made Along the Way
Nancy Mace warned New York’s new mayor about breadlines. She should be worried. She voted to make them happen.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Rep. Nancy Mace warns about “breadlines in NYC.”
She helped make them.
In 2023, she voted to cut $186 billion from food aid.
Now she’s using poverty as a punchline.
🧾 Full piece:
open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...
#SNAP #FoodPolicy #Substack #PoliticalTheater #PovertyPolicy
She helped make them.
In 2023, she voted to cut $186 billion from food aid.
Now she’s using poverty as a punchline.
🧾 Full piece:
open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...
#SNAP #FoodPolicy #Substack #PoliticalTheater #PovertyPolicy
California’s child poverty rate rose to 18% in 2024, according to @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social. The Annie E. Casey Foundation says without current support programs, the rate could reach 29%, affecting 880,000 more children.
#ChildWellbeing #PovertyPolicy #CaliforniaKids #SNAP #CTC #KidsCount
#ChildWellbeing #PovertyPolicy #CaliforniaKids #SNAP #CTC #KidsCount
Report: CA child poverty rate rises to 18%
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November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
California’s child poverty rate rose to 18% in 2024, according to @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social. The Annie E. Casey Foundation says without current support programs, the rate could reach 29%, affecting 880,000 more children.
#ChildWellbeing #PovertyPolicy #CaliforniaKids #SNAP #CTC #KidsCount
#ChildWellbeing #PovertyPolicy #CaliforniaKids #SNAP #CTC #KidsCount
The American Hunger Algorithm
SNAP may end in days.
Because we built a system that can starve people by design.
Full story:
slmurphree.substack.com/p/the-americ...
#SNAP #FoodInsecurity #WIC #PovertyPolicy #HungerCrisis #GovernmentShutdown #EconomicJustice #SocialSafetyNet
SNAP may end in days.
Because we built a system that can starve people by design.
Full story:
slmurphree.substack.com/p/the-americ...
#SNAP #FoodInsecurity #WIC #PovertyPolicy #HungerCrisis #GovernmentShutdown #EconomicJustice #SocialSafetyNet
The American Hunger Algorithm:
SNAP may end in days, but it was never built to survive
slmurphree.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The American Hunger Algorithm
SNAP may end in days.
Because we built a system that can starve people by design.
Full story:
slmurphree.substack.com/p/the-americ...
#SNAP #FoodInsecurity #WIC #PovertyPolicy #HungerCrisis #GovernmentShutdown #EconomicJustice #SocialSafetyNet
SNAP may end in days.
Because we built a system that can starve people by design.
Full story:
slmurphree.substack.com/p/the-americ...
#SNAP #FoodInsecurity #WIC #PovertyPolicy #HungerCrisis #GovernmentShutdown #EconomicJustice #SocialSafetyNet
Linda Taylor was an outlier; the stereotype wasn’t. Politicians weaponized her to slash aid, then called it “reform.” Forty-two million need SNAP because wages don’t cover life. Dignity isn’t fraud. #SNAP #PovertyPolicy
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Linda Taylor was an outlier; the stereotype wasn’t. Politicians weaponized her to slash aid, then called it “reform.” Forty-two million need SNAP because wages don’t cover life. Dignity isn’t fraud. #SNAP #PovertyPolicy
double whammy back door for child labor?
https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/114501879962116049
https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/114501879962116049
br00t4c (@br00t4c@mastodon.social)
GOP Plan Redefines Dependent Child as 'Under 7'--But Adds Loophole for Married Couples #PovertyPolicy #WorkRequirements #HouseRepublicans #DependentChildRedefinition #SNAPReform https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/05/gop-plan-redefines-dependent-child-as-under-7-but-adds-loophole-for-married-couples/
mastodon.social
May 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
double whammy back door for child labor?
https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/114501879962116049
https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/114501879962116049
The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#PolicyAnalysis
#EconomicJustice
#SocialImpact
#BudgetCuts
#PovertyPolicy
#PublicHealth
#SNAPCuts
#Medicaid
#EducationFunding
#LegislativeAnalysis
#PolicyAnalysis
#EconomicJustice
#SocialImpact
#BudgetCuts
#PovertyPolicy
#PublicHealth
#SNAPCuts
#Medicaid
#EducationFunding
#LegislativeAnalysis
The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive
When Reconciliation Means Robbing the Poor to Pay the Billionaires
open.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#PolicyAnalysis
#EconomicJustice
#SocialImpact
#BudgetCuts
#PovertyPolicy
#PublicHealth
#SNAPCuts
#Medicaid
#EducationFunding
#LegislativeAnalysis
#PolicyAnalysis
#EconomicJustice
#SocialImpact
#BudgetCuts
#PovertyPolicy
#PublicHealth
#SNAPCuts
#Medicaid
#EducationFunding
#LegislativeAnalysis
The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#PolicyAnalysis
#EconomicJustice
#SocialImpact
#BudgetCuts
#PovertyPolicy
#PublicHealth
#SNAPCuts
#Medicaid
#EducationFunding
#LegislativeAnalysis
#CongressionalPolicy
#PolicyAnalysis
#EconomicJustice
#SocialImpact
#BudgetCuts
#PovertyPolicy
#PublicHealth
#SNAPCuts
#Medicaid
#EducationFunding
#LegislativeAnalysis
#CongressionalPolicy
The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive
When Reconciliation Means Robbing the Poor to Pay the Billionaires
open.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#PolicyAnalysis
#EconomicJustice
#SocialImpact
#BudgetCuts
#PovertyPolicy
#PublicHealth
#SNAPCuts
#Medicaid
#EducationFunding
#LegislativeAnalysis
#CongressionalPolicy
#PolicyAnalysis
#EconomicJustice
#SocialImpact
#BudgetCuts
#PovertyPolicy
#PublicHealth
#SNAPCuts
#Medicaid
#EducationFunding
#LegislativeAnalysis
#CongressionalPolicy
The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive
#PolicyAnalysis#EconomicJustice#SocialImpact#BudgetCuts#PovertyPolicy#PublicHealth#SNAPCuts#Medicaid#EducationFunding#LegislativeAnalysis#CongressionalPolicy#FiscalPolicy#HumanRights#EconomicPolicy#HealthcareAccess#Ethic
#PolicyAnalysis#EconomicJustice#SocialImpact#BudgetCuts#PovertyPolicy#PublicHealth#SNAPCuts#Medicaid#EducationFunding#LegislativeAnalysis#CongressionalPolicy#FiscalPolicy#HumanRights#EconomicPolicy#HealthcareAccess#Ethic
The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive
When Reconciliation Means Robbing the Poor to Pay the Billionaires
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Reconciliation Bill: Because Empathy Was Too Expensive
#PolicyAnalysis#EconomicJustice#SocialImpact#BudgetCuts#PovertyPolicy#PublicHealth#SNAPCuts#Medicaid#EducationFunding#LegislativeAnalysis#CongressionalPolicy#FiscalPolicy#HumanRights#EconomicPolicy#HealthcareAccess#Ethic
#PolicyAnalysis#EconomicJustice#SocialImpact#BudgetCuts#PovertyPolicy#PublicHealth#SNAPCuts#Medicaid#EducationFunding#LegislativeAnalysis#CongressionalPolicy#FiscalPolicy#HumanRights#EconomicPolicy#HealthcareAccess#Ethic
Food insecurity didn’t vanish, the government just stopped counting it.
For 30 years, the USDA’s Household Food Security survey showed us how families were struggling. Now, those receipts are gone.
And when you erase the data, you erase the people. #HungerCrisis #DataMatters #PovertyPolicy
For 30 years, the USDA’s Household Food Security survey showed us how families were struggling. Now, those receipts are gone.
And when you erase the data, you erase the people. #HungerCrisis #DataMatters #PovertyPolicy
September 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Food insecurity didn’t vanish, the government just stopped counting it.
For 30 years, the USDA’s Household Food Security survey showed us how families were struggling. Now, those receipts are gone.
And when you erase the data, you erase the people. #HungerCrisis #DataMatters #PovertyPolicy
For 30 years, the USDA’s Household Food Security survey showed us how families were struggling. Now, those receipts are gone.
And when you erase the data, you erase the people. #HungerCrisis #DataMatters #PovertyPolicy