Decide yourself: The case for and against SNAP ‘junk food’ restrictions
Paternalistic health mandate or necessary fiscal guardrail? A look at both sides of the growing state-level debate over EBT rules.
Enough with Michael Prunka
An exploration of hunger, inequality, and the pursuit of enough for everyone.
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The album that caught up to me
A reflection on an album I didn’t love 16 years ago that, through the lens of advocacy, has become my favorite.
What North Carolina’s budget does and doesn’t do for the hungry
Raleigh's long-overdue budget builds a vital buffer against federal SNAP penalties, but leaves local pantries and county DSS offices on their own.
5 questions SNAP skeptics should actually be asking
New federal data proves the vast majority of safety net recipients work full-time in the private sector. So why are taxpayers footing the labor bill for mega-corporations?
The quiet starvation of the American safety net
One year after the “Big Beautiful Bill,” a hollowed-out nonprofit infrastructure and looming state cost-shifts have pushed local communities into a high-stakes battle for survival.
Second Helping: July 2026
Your monthly must-read list for all things related to hunger, food security, inequality, and the like.
Decide yourself: A case for and against SNAP work requirements
Weighing both sides of the second Trump administration's sweeping changes to food assistance.
Providers, not patients: We should trust mothers to end hunger
We have spent years designing complex, prescriptive food programs for the poor. It turns out the most effective nutrition intervention is the financial agency to choose for yourself.
Books that rewired my worldview: Utopia for Realists
There was no singular "lightbulb moment" that turned me into a progressive, but there were plenty of books. In the first of a series, I revisit the text that taught me to dream bigger.
Food is medicine, but money is the cure
The medical establishment is finally catching up to what families have known all along. It is time we evolve from expensive clinical referrals to unconditional trust.