More than 1.2 million Georgia students relied on free or reduced-price school meals last year. Changes to SNAP and Medicaid could make that safety net harder to reach.

Rope barriers and police are pushing unhoused residents away from the MLK Library loggia, with trespassing arrests possible next week.

A federal SNAP overhaul has left many refugees in Knoxville without benefits. Bridge Refugee Services has expanded emergency groceries and culturally familiar food distributions to fill the gap.

An open letter signed by 86 survivors demands apologies from SBC president Willy Rice and Pastor Jack Graham after both dismissed the denomination's abuse crisis. The signees say the leaders' language discourages survivors and undermines reform.

Dozens of incoming Howard students say they were unenrolled after missing a July 10 payment deadline, even as some awaited scholarships.

USAA will place a temporary digital monument on the National Mall next week, scrolling more than 41 million names of Americans who served.

Catholic Charities’ CalFresh Healthy Living program closed after federal SNAP‑Ed funding was cut, leaving school and community gardens without paid educators and local partners scrambling.

A new Urban Institute brief finds nearly 20% of working‑age adults used savings not intended for daily expenses to buy groceries in 2025, as credit use rose. The trend highlights growing pressure on household budgets.

Warren Buffett redirected his midyear gift this year, omitting Seattle’s Gates Foundation and sending roughly $6 billion in Berkshire shares to family-run foundations amid a review.

The D.C. nonprofit broke ground on a $30M, 17,000-sq-ft expansion to more than double medically tailored meal production and add private nutrition counseling. The project aims to ease growing demand and keep deliveries running during construction.

One-time $120 benefits and free youth meals are available across DC; application deadline Aug. 23.

A Charles County retiree who calls himself "Mr. Fat Pockets" won $110,000 on THE BIG SPIN scratch-off last week. The ticket was bought in Waldorf and the couple plan to pay bills and shore up savings.

Survivors and lawmakers urged Congress to back community-led recovery and standing HUD funding after storms left neighborhoods without water, power and farms damaged.