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“We have to find a way to take care of them”: Parents gathering outside a food bank to collect groceries as federal funding for SNAP runs out share the challenges they’re facing in supporting their families. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz reports from Los Angeles., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading

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As the Rapid Support Forces forces push into el-Fasher, Sudan, survivors describe fleeing under gunfire., ‘They left us with nothing’: Sudanese flee el-Fasher under fire NewsFeed As the Rapid Support Forces forces push into el-Fasher, Sudan, survivors describe fleeing under gunfire, leaving bodies in the streets. The UN warns theContinue Reading

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It’s not just Zohran Mamdani in New York. Brandon Johnson in Chicago, Michelle Wu in Boston, Freddie O’Connell in Nashville, Katie Wilson in Seattle and other local progressive politicians are promising to address the affordability crisis in part by expanding public services like transit and child care. But elected officialsContinue Reading

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Even a limited pause in the unspeakable suffering that residents of the Gaza Strip have endured for two years is welcome, and thus it is unsurprising that the deal on Gaza that was reached in early October was widely and mistakenly termed a “peace agreement.” The deal was instead a prisoner exchange and limitedContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by The 19th. If the ongoing government shutdown extends into Saturday — and there is every indication that it will — funding will lapse for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, which helps feed some 42 million lower-income Americans. ItContinue Reading