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Urban Exile: Food Stamp Cuts Hurt Children, Education and the Economy

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 1, 2013 0

by Michael J. Brennan MICHIGANDERS ARE feeling the sting of a slow economic recovery — especially throughout Greater Detroit — and the lingering effects of the Great Recession are hitting families each night around the dinner table. As…

Urban Exile: Food Stamps 101

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 18, 2012 1

by K. Frank I line up with about twenty others in the waiting room. Each one of us is holding a white envelope containing information and forms to fill out to apply for food stamps. We’re escorted by a uniformed police officer through the…