This post is part of our Planning for 7 Billion series, highlighting the challenges posed by a quickly growing global population. The world is growing—and fast. We’ve just eclipsed seven billion people here on Earth, and that number is only going to increase
When we last visited the Farm Bill, the Senate was considering, but then defeated, an amendment from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to restore the $4.5 billion cut from SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps) in the 2012
In mid-May, college graduates across the country realized America was again approaching an important debt ceiling. On July 1, interest rates on government-subsidized Stafford loans were set to double, from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. Working through weeks of
Amid another lag in the economic recovery, times have become still harder for many Americans these past few weeks.