Expanding SNAP Work Requirements: a Dangerous Game Ending in Poverty

In the classic children’s board game Chutes & Ladders, players move along a game board by rolling a dice, encountering either ladders that advance their progress, or chutes that send them slipping backward.It’s an analogy for the predicament 40 million Americans are soon to be in is fitting. The game carries an eerie resemblance for those who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to move them past the scary pitfalls associated with income inequality and food insecurity.

chrysse haynesAugust 28, 2018poverty, wealthbased inequality, wealth based discrimination, discrimination, SNAP, Farm Bill, Congress, Trump, presidential pardons, president trump, politics, food assistance, criminalization of poverty, criminal justice reform, chutes and ladders

Alice Marie Johnson is Commuted

In our line of work, we don't get good news too often so we love to celebrate victories when they happen.

This one is special: President Trump pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who served 21 years of a life sentence without parole for a single non-violent drug offense.

Catherine SevcenkoJune 7, 2018mandatory minimums, drug charges, kim kardashian, president trump, alice marie johnson, presidential pardons, law, injustice, CAN-DO Foundation, Amy Povah, conspiracy