SNAP has provided grocery help for 60-plus years; here’s how it works

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 ...

Judges order use of contingency funds for SNAP payments during shutdown

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during ...
Opinion

North Country residents hunker down during shutdown

While the nation waits for the government shutdown to end, North Country residents are about to snap over the loss, or possible reduction of their Nov. 1 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...
Opinion

The truth about who suffers from the White House’s manufactured SNAP crisis

People of all racial and ethnic backgrounds participate in SNAP. Roughly 42% of the heads of SNAP households are white, 25 percent are Black, 23 percent are Latino, and 4 percent are Asian. SNAP ...