The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps low-income households afford food, with recipients using benefits at many food retailers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates ...
Corn farming is an important economic contributor in the U.S., not only to growers and rural communities but across 506 industry sectors in all 50 states. That’s according to the new “Study of the ...
If the government shutdown continues, millions of low-income Americans will lose out on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on Nov. 1. Total federal SNAP funding amounts to about $100 ...
The current media debate around Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) has brought fresh attention to the policy’s impact on the economy – raising important questions about its effectiveness, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face ...