Snap workers rebuke Trump administration over funding: ‘using our country’s poorest as pawns’

Employees providing assistance to recipients expressed fears on how lack of aid will affect those who need it mostWhen Stacy Smith, a government worker, showed up to work last Monday – the first working day after food benefits lapsed, amid the ongoing federal shutdown – she found a long line outside her office door. Elderly and disabled individuals desperately wanted answers.Some had gone to buy groceries, not realizing that their usual benefits were unavailable. Continue reading...