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November 18, 2025
Why we’re talking about the “welfare queen” again amid widespread food stamp panic as SNAP continues to face threats.
April 28, 2023
Inflexible requirements make it harder for those who want to improve their economic status while juggling being a parent and…
February 11, 2023
Brett Favre is fighting a lawsuit demanding repayment of millions of dollars of welfare money intended to help people in poverty.
October 19, 2022
The director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services said the agency tracks spending but not welfare program outcomes.
Food stamp with Brett Favre on it
October 3, 2022
Brett Favre’s alleged welfare fraud places him on a long list of white scammers who stole from Black people to…
September 26, 2022
Favre was reportedly told the money for children was “tightly controlled” and “improper use could result in violation of Federal…
Trish Regan thegrio.com
December 6, 2018
Fox Business host Trish Regan believes that folks who fall on hard times and need government assistance like welfare should…
unemployment thegrio.com
October 8, 2018
Michigan re-instituted its work requirements for food stamp recipients as of Oct 1. Now “able-bodied” adults have to work a…
The Rachel Divide
June 22, 2018
Rachel Dolezal, the woman formerly accused of NAACP-ing while white, pleaded not guilty to welfare fraud in Washington State this
March 22, 2016
STUART, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida have arrested a man they say stole a BMW after trying to buy
April 17, 2015
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can't use cash assistance from the state…
February 16, 2015
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, it might be worth a thousand food stamps.
August 20, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - Check out the latest PSA from 'Dear White People,' which attempt to explain that white people love…
January 8, 2014
OPINION - January 8 marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s iconic War on Poverty. Sadly, half a century…
July 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four out of five U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at…
July 4, 2013
OPINION - On this Independence Day, everyone is dependent on the government, but African Americans are even more dependent, for…
June 7, 2013
OPINIION - For many Americans any question about welfare and the economy is really a question about race..
June 6, 2013
NBC NEWS - Two decades after President Bill Clinton promised to 'end welfare as we know it,' Americans blame government…
May 2, 2013
NBC Philadelphia - Sixteen Philadelphia residents are facing charges, accused of scamming the state welfare system out of $330,000.
April 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A Tennessee bill that would reduce welfare benefits to low-income families if their child performs poorly in…