Stakeholders concerned more people at risk of food insecurity after One Big Beautiful Act took effect
Food Stamp Fraud, Rare but Troubling (Published 2013)
Although the percentage of food stamp money lost to fraud is small, any amount is bad publicity for a program already under scrutiny.
The Hunger Gap
A gulf in public understanding prevents us from seeing how and why our food supply is at risk.
Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoiding fruits and veggies
Kennedy has focused on nutrition but has neglected food safety, critics say.
How Are SNAP Benefits Spent? Evidence from a Retail Panel
We use a novel retail panel with detailed transaction records to study the effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on house-hold spending. We use administrative data to motivate three approaches to causal inference. The marginal propensity to consume SNAP-eligible food (MPCF) out of SNAP benefits is 0.5 to 0.6. The MPCF out of cash is much smaller. These patterns obtain even for households for whom SNAP benefits are economically equivalent to cash because their benefits are below their food spending. Using a semiparametric framework, we reject the hypothesis that households respect the fungibility of money. A model with mental accounting can match the facts.
Trump’s deep public health cuts hinder response to record US cyclosporiasis outbreak
Experts say layoffs, reduced disease surveillance and Medicaid cuts have made the foodborne parasite more difficult to track and contain
The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure
A report shows that a $50 trillion redistribution of income to benefit the richest has made America less healthy, resilient, and secure
History of Successful Boycotts | Ethical Consumer
These examples of successful boycotts show the big an impact this campaign tactic can have.
Trump's White Identity Politics and the Conservative "Welfare" Bait and Switch - Niskanen Center
This passage in Michael Grunwald’s Politico piece on Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s OMB director, nicely illustrates standard Republican shadiness about what does and does not count as “welfare”: During his populist run for the White House, Trump had vowed to leave Social Security and Medicare alone. But Trump had also vowed to rein in America’s national debt, which Mulvaney […]
US Domestic Policy Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Explore US domestic policies and their impact on public health across all branches of government.
Houston Board of Food Security
Empowering Houstonians with knowledge, resources, and connections for food security in their own neighborhoods and backyards.
Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness
Homelessness is an economic and social crisis. In a cluster-randomized controlled trial, we address a core cause of homelessness—lack of money—by providing a one-time unconditional cash transfer of CAD$7,500 to each of 50 individuals experiencing homelessness, with another 65 as controls in Vancouver, BC. Exploratory analyses showed that over 1 y, cash recipients spent fewer days homeless, increased savings and spending with no increase in temptation goods spending, and generated societal net savings of $777 per recipient via reduced time in shelters. Additional experiments revealed public mistrust toward the ability of homeless individuals to manage money and demonstrated interventions to increase public support for a cash transfer policy using counter-stereotypical or utilitarian messaging. Together, this research offers a new approach to address homelessness and provides insights into homelessness reduction policies.
A summer of recalls exposes holes in the nation’s food safety net • Minnesota Reformer
Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness. The recalls have focused attention on the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding and staff at several public health agencies, and […]
The American Dream Starts Now
Trump Accounts provide eligible American children with tax-advantaged investment accounts courtesy of President Donald J. Trump.
Job-seeking graduates with disabilities launch hunger strike as protest enters 21st day
Job-seeking graduates with disabilities began a hunger strike unto death on Saturday, marking the 21st consecutive day of their protest demanding immediate government action on their five-point charter of demands. The strike, organized by the Chakri Pratyashi Protibondhi...
Researchers Estimate USAID Cuts Have Already Led to 700,000 Deaths Worldwide
World Health Organization estimates show that emergency health services reached more than 80 million people in 2024 but more than 50 million fewer in 2025
