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NEWS ABOUT: public assistance

public assistance stories: 4 news summaries

 Food Stamps Make You Fatter 

Limited budget may promote unhealthy choices

Aug 12, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama might like to think that the down-and-out are using food stamps to buy arugala at Whole Foods, but as Science Daily reports, people tend to gain weight on food stamps. The average benefit of $81 a month doesn't go a long way toward nutritious foods, researchers suggest in... More »

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obesity • poverty • healthy eating • food stamps • public assistance • grocery shopping

 Welfare Rolls Soar 
 Along With Unemployment 

Many make shift as jobless benefits run out

Jun 22, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Welfare rolls are on the rise nationwide for the first time since President Clinton signed a bill overhauling the system in 1996, the Wall Street Journal reports. Welfare recipients’ ranks fell in some areas at the beginning of the recession, but now 23 of the 30 biggest US states are... More »

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Bill Clinton • Clinton administration • unemployment • jobless claims • unemployment benefits • welfare • food stamps • public assistance • jobless • welfare reform

(Newser) - More than 32 million people in the US are now receiving food stamps—a full tenth of the population, Reuters reports. The record enrollment in January marks the third time in 5 months the total has increased. Numbers rose in all but four states. Recipients got an average of $112.... More »

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United States • unemployment • poverty • economic stimulus package • food stamps • public assistance

(Newser) - All the outrage over Nadya Suleman and her octuplets is a little disingenuous, Raina Kelley writes in Newsweek. “Because, in truth, we created Octomom. With our glorification of bizarre behavior, we dare the emotionally needy to shock and appall us,” Kelley writes. “And then we slam them.... More »

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television • Angelina Jolie • in vitro fertilization • welfare • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • media frenzy • public assistance

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