Nutrition Program for Mothers and Infants May Run Out of Money Within Weeks

Nearly 41 percent of U.S.-born infants participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, which may not have enough funding for an extended government shutdown.

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Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing

One year after Hurricane Helene, people in the hard-hit western region of North Carolina can no longer rely on a successful program that helped keep them afloat.

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High-Tech Greenhouse Brings Fresh Produce to Canada’s Arctic

A high-tech greenhouse brings fresh produce to Gjoa Haven, an Inuit hamlet in Canada’s Arctic whose residents have little experience growing plants.

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Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity

The move strips the government of its main gauge of hunger in America, and will impede efforts to track the impact of aid cuts.

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States Grapple With Fundamental Change in Food Stamps

Whether states can find the money in their budgets — billions of dollars in some cases — will have wide-ranging, and likely uneven, consequences for some 42 million recipients.

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Mayor Adams Had a Mixed Year, Annual N.Y.C. Report Shows

The Mayor’s Management Report, a trove of statistics about crime rates, public health and many other issues, arrived at the tail end of Mayor Eric Adams’s re-election campaign.

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US Poverty Rate Was Stable in 2024, as Household Income Rose Slightly

As pandemic subsidies disappeared, wages kept workers just ahead of inflation, although gaps have widened for some groups.

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Global Monitors Confirm Famine in Part of Gaza. What Does That Mean?

A panel of food security experts have determined that part of Gaza is suffering from famine, and that it could spread to the rest of the enclave within weeks.

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Richest Gain Most and Poorest Face Steepest Cuts Under G.O.P. Law, Analysis Finds

Millions of people could lose access to federal food aid or Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest analysis of President Trump’s marquee legislation.

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Food Stamp Cuts Could Deal a Blow to Small Grocers

In addition to the hardship many families could face, the cuts to SNAP could lead to the loss of grocery stores in rural areas that already have few food retailers.

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