Tag: SNAP

I should be excitedly packing my suitcase and getting ready to hit the road because tomorrow night I leave for a quick extended weekend...

Traveling on a budget can be very stressful.

A commentary about how the unemployed are navigating the pandemic.

The perception of the poor, the columnist, needs to evolve.

A commentary concerning how our society is handling this pandemic.

An opinion column about essential employees and their compensation.

An opinion column suggesting before unite to provoke change.

Did you know that in the state of West Virginia you must have less than $2,250 in assets per household ($3,250 if one member is over the age of 60 or disabled) to qualify for some types of assistance?

Poverty porn, to me, is when media outlets come in here looking to exploit our stories by choosing to focus on the most abject circumstances.

Each county in West Virginia has hard-to-count areas and committees are being formed statewide to make sure that every West Virginian is counted. The census data determines an allocation of over $6 billion for the state of West Virginia.

Recently, the Trump Administration passed a proposed rule change to SNAP (formerly known as "food stamps"), and now nearly 700,000 Americans will have their food assistance taken away due to work requirements.