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D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announces her plan for emergency legislation to ease the burden on furloughed federal workers who have to report to work but who are not getting paid during a press conference at the Capital Area Food Bank January 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mayor Bowser announces emergency legislation, giving DC Government the ability to provide more federal employees with much-needed unemployment insurance benefits and she calls for an end to the federal government's partial shutdown. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

D.C. Mayor Offers Assurance, Support to Federal Workers During Shutdown

by WI Guest Author January 25, 2019October 31, 2020

Cuts to SNAP and WIC programs are a threat to women and infants. (Courtesy of UC Davis Center for Poverty Research)

Government Cuts to SNAP, WIC Affect Black Women: Report

by Stacy M. Brown May 9, 2018October 31, 2020

Thousands of Amazon Employees Rely on SNAP

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer May 2, 2018October 31, 2020

President Donald Trump (Courtesy of Trump via Facebook)

Trump Admin Mulls Mandatory Drug Testing for Food Stamp Recipients

by WI Guest Author April 12, 2018October 31, 2020

Ward 7 Council member Vincent Gray talks with a Safeway employee during a surprise inspection of the store in Southeast on Aug. 17. (Lateef Mangum/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: Living in the Desert in D.C.

by WI Guest Author October 11, 2017October 31, 2020

Columnists, Julianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

This Is How the Holidays Expose Income Inequality

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux January 1, 2016October 30, 2020

Columnists, Marian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

Child Watch: Charity is Not a Substitute for Justice

by Marian Wright Edelman June 8, 2015October 30, 2020

Columnists, Marian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

Child Watch: Criminalizing Poverty Is Big Business

by Marian Wright Edelman May 11, 2015October 30, 2020

Republican Budget Would Shred Safety Net

by Washington Informer March 25, 2015October 30, 2020

States to Test Ways to Send Food Stamp Recipients to Work

by Washington Informer March 20, 2015October 30, 2020