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Volunteers gather bags of groceries for people seeking assistance at a food pantry in Concord, Mass. Many groups that help low-income families get food aid say they've seen an alarming drop recently in the number of immigrants applying for help.

Deportation Fears Prompt Immigrants To Cancel Food Stamps

10:43am March 29, 2017

by Pam Fessler

Groups that help low-income families get food aid report a big drop in the number of immigrants seeking help. Some are canceling government benefits for fear it will affect their immigration status.

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Snap surged Thursday in its first day of trading, with shares jumping more than 40 percent from Wednesday's IPO pricing. Among the day's big winners was a small Silicon Valley high school.

One Big Winner Of Snap's Even Bigger IPO: A School That Raked In Millions

1:14pm March 03, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

In 2012, Saint Francis High School put up $15,000 in seed money for the founders of a fledgling Snapchat. By the time the company went public Thursday, the school turned it into a $24 million return.

The banner for the Snap Inc. IPO is raised on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. Snap Inc. is expected to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday under the symbol SNAP.

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Snapchat Parent's Stock Soars By 50 Percent On First Day Of Trading

1:36pm March 02, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

After pricing its initial public offering of 200 million nonvoting shares at $17 each, Snap Inc., saw the stock rise to more than $25 a share.

Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel is taking the parent company of the Snapchat app public.

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Snapchat, All Grown-Up: 5 Things We Learned From Snap's IPO Filing

9:22pm February 02, 2017

by Alina Selyukh

Snap — expected to be valued at more than $20 billion when it goes public — may be the first company to use the term "sexting" in an initial public offering filing with the SEC.

Many large-scale farms rely heavily on immigrant labor. And many farmers are opposed to Donald Trump's strong stance against illegal immigrant.

Big Battles Over Farm And Food Policies May Be Brewing As Trump Era Begins

3:30pm December 28, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump hasn't said much about food and farm policy or named his choices for top food-related jobs. But the coming years will likely see profound battles over food and nutrition.

A sign sits on a sidewalk outside the Interfaith Food Pantry at Emmanuel Baptist Church in February in Albany, N.Y. Congress may be under more pressure than usual to cut safety net spending — health care, housing assistance, welfare and food aid — to

Anti-Poverty Advocates Brace For How Trump Will Fill In Policy Blanks

1:05pm November 16, 2016

by Pam Fessler

Many who work with the nation's poor worry that poverty will be forgotten under a Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress.

Joel McKinney stands beside a hydroponic tower that is part of his farm outside the Five Loaves and Two Fishes Food Bank.

In Coal Country, Farmers Get Creative To Bridge The Fresh Produce Gap

5:11pm October 18, 2016

by Roxy Todd

At least a quarter of people in West Virginia struggle to afford groceries. In one county, two farmers are finding new ways to help their neighbors sell the food they grow and eat more healthfully.

Angela Dominguez works for the Income Support Division in Portales, N.M. She's a whistleblower who spoke out about the practice of changing food stamps applications.

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New Mexico Defrauds The Poor Out Of Food Stamps, Whistleblowers Say

6:38pm July 05, 2016

by Marisa Demarco

When people apply for food stamps, federal law says they should get them in seven days. But in New Mexico, government workers are blowing the whistle on the state doctoring food stamps applications

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Nearly one-third of households on SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, still have to visit a food pantry to keep themselves fed, according to USDA data.

The SNAP Gap: Benefits Aren't Enough To Keep Many Recipients Fed

6:46pm March 03, 2016

by Tracie McMillan

About 23 million American households rely on SNAP, formerly known as food stamps. But nearly one-third of them still have to visit a food pantry to keep themselves fed, according to USDA data.

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Officials Say Food Insecurity Is A Growing Problem For Seniors And Disabled

6:02pm March 01, 2016

by Keri Brown

The Urban League of Winston-Salem has received funding from the National Council on Aging to enroll 500 people in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP by the end of April.