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Could SNAP requirements limit food aid?

"Our findings support . . . concerns that expanding SNAP work requirements would sever food assistance benefits"

Salon

GOP's proposed expansion of SNAP work requirements targets many low-income people in their early 50s – but many of them already work

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The Conversation

Texas cotton farmers leading the charge for more government insurance to cover climate, inflation challenges

The federal Farm Bill is must-pass legislation that Congress debates every five years. It includes billions of dollars in farm subsidies and pays for food assistance programs.

The Texas Tribune

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New work requirements for federal aid? GOP pushes proposals in debt talks

Work requirements for federal aid programs have emerged as a sticking point in ongoing negotiations over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, and President Joe Biden has signaled openness to a possible compromise even as many in his party have balked

The Independent UK

Party leaders optimistic as debt limit negotiators get to work - Roll Call

Negotiators tapped by President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hash out a debt limit compromise were racing against the clock.

Roll Call

‘I can’t afford groceries’: why one-third of US college students don’t have enough to eat

There are now around 800 food pantries on US college campuses, and demand is growing as pandemic-era resources end

The Guardian - US

The hidden challenges of SNAP food aid

"The policy . . . does make Americans who could use help buying groceries less likely to get it"

Salon

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As public health emergency ends, pandemic-era support programs have already been fading away

The formal end of the national Public Health Emergency on Thursday is largely a symbolic and psychological step, representing the country’s formal emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Snapchat users say they’re deleting app after introduction of new AI chatbot

"I'm gonna uninstall Snapchat, and delete this AI whilst I'm at it"

Wales Online

US families struggle following end of pandemic-era food benefits

The US Congress has cut back expanded COVID-era food assistance benefits, creating strain for some low-income families.

Al Jazeera

Oakland 2nd California diocese to seek bankruptcy over abuse

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland has filed for bankruptcy due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so

The Independent UK

The future of the U.S. diet

What long-term effects will the next farm bill have on our eating habits at large?

Salon

These four challenges will shape the next farm bill – and how the US eats

For the 20th time since 1933, Congress is writing a multiyear farm bill that will shape what kind of food U.S. farmers grow, how they raise it and how it gets to consumers. These measures are large, complex and expensive: The next farm bill is projected to cost taxpayers US$1.5…

The Conversation

I tried the future of AR – and this is what it looks like

AR glasses have been ill-fated in the past, but Lumus has a new approach – and I'm more excited about AR than ever

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Work requirements proposal included in debt ceiling bill

The U.S. House of Representatives on April 26, 2023, voted 219-210 to pass H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, which aims to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling and includes provisions related to work requirements for certain able-bodied adults receiving Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)…

Fortune

3 grads share how Snap CEO Evan Spiegel's loan forgiveness changed their lives

Spiegel and wife Miranda Kerr gave Otis College of Art and Design its biggest gift ever. The students who benefitted are still wrapping their minds around it.

Fortune

Social media's battle for creators comes to earnings calls

But some platforms, like Alphabet's YouTube, gave creators more love than others this quarter.

The Conversation

SNAP work requirements don’t actually get more people working – but they do drastically limit the availability of food aid

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would cut spending, in part by expanding work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, through which nearly 43 million low-income Americans get help buying groceries. The House bill calls for this policy to apply to adults as old as 55,…

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TechRadar

The AI backlash begins: Snapchat fans revolt against ChatGPT-powered bot

Snapchat's wider rollout of its 'My AI' chatbot has been met with a backlash from users – and the app has just responded.

Daily Mirror

'I tested Snapchat's creepy AI function that users are ditching the app over'

Snapchat's new AI feature has been rolled out to non-premium customers, but users are concerned for their personal data and general safety as the AI cannot be removed

Evening Standard

Snapchat’s My AI chatbot is making people paranoid as it ‘knows your current location’

Snap insists that the ‘experimental’ bot can access your location only with your permission. So what’s all the fuss about and how can you get or delete My AI?

The Independent UK

'People are suffering': Food stamp woes worsen Alaska hunger

Thousands of Alaskans who depend on government assistance have waited months for food stamp benefits, exacerbating a hunger crisis laid bare by the pandemic, inflation and the remnants of a typhoon

Kiplinger

Stock Market Today: P&G Earnings Headline Quiet Day for Stocks

While the major indexes failed to make big moves today, consumer staples giant Procter & Gamble popped after earnings.

Fortune

People think Snapchat’s new My AI bot knows their location and is lying about it

A.I. ethics experts say Snap and other tech companies should be more transparent about the data that A.I. chatbots use and how they are set up.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Rural Kansas and Missouri need food stamps. GOP can’t say hunger’s just a city thing

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to make big cuts to the federal budget as a condition of raising the national debt ceiling. Where do they want to start? Food stamps, of course. And that could have a big impact on Kansas and Missouri.

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