USDA changes the rules on food stamps, By Mary Clare Jalonick (AP), February 16, 2016, US New and World Report: “The Agriculture Department unveiled new rules on Tuesday that would force retailers who accept food stamps to stock a wider variety of healthy foods or face the loss of business as consumers shop elsewhere. The proposed rules are designed to ensure that the more than 46 million Americans who use food stamps have better access to healthy foods although they don’t dictate what people buy or eat…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty