Anonymous ID: b46678 Dec. 1, 2019, 2:08 p.m. No.7407253   🗄️.is đź”—kun

On This Day In History

 

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus.

Author: Associated Press, 13News Now Staff

Published: 8:45 AM CST December 1, 2019

Updated: 8:45 AM CST December 1, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus.

 

Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement.

 

To commemorate the incident, the City of Montgomery is unveiling a new statue of the civil rights pioneer.

 

The statue will be unveiled on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Montgomery Plaza at the Court Street Fountain, 64 years to the day of Parks' arrest.

 

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/history/rosa-parks-statue-unveiled-anniversary-of-arrest/291-dd24b644-2971-4728-af82-7f3b4dea98be

Anonymous ID: b46678 Dec. 1, 2019, 2:38 p.m. No.7407405   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7663

== Trump administration proposals could cause millions to lose food stamps

“SNAP is related to hunger and getting people the nutrition they need,” one food bank representative said. “Food shouldn’t be a luxury.” ==

 

Maybe get a fricken job?

 

IMHO…

Old people and those incapable, sure WE HELP OUR OWN, but your sitting on your ass days have come to an end.

 

Nov. 30, 2019, 4:27 AM EST / Updated Nov. 30, 2019, 9:33 AM EST

By Phil McCausland

Three proposed rule changes by the Trump administration could cause millions of poor people to lose access to food stamps and decrease the size of the benefit for millions more, a new study has found.

 

Over the past year, the Department of Agriculture proposed three changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps. The new rules create stricter work requirements for program eligibility, cap deductions for utility allowances and “reform” the way 40 states automatically enroll families into SNAP when they receive other forms of federal aid.

 

A study by the Urban Institute released this week examined the three rules in combination for the first time and found that 3.7 million fewer people would receive SNAP in an average month, 2.2 million households would see their average monthly benefits drop by $127, more than 3 million others would see an average drop of $37 per month, and 982,000 students would lose access to free or reduced lunches.

 

“What we found is that overall the three proposed changes would reduce the number of households participating in SNAP by about 11 percent if this was implemented in 2018," said Laura Wheaton, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute who conducted the study. "It’s about a 9.4 percent reduction in the number of people participating and about an 8 percent reduction in overall benefits.”

 

Sauce: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/food-stamp-changes-would-mainly-hurt-those-living-extreme-poverty-n983031