Tag: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

“Mama, we don't have any more money on the EBT card.” This sentence, often spoken somewhere between the 20th and 30th of the month, depending if we spent too much on luxury items like fresh veggies, fruit or meat, was always filled with dread ‘cause there really was no answer or option. 

When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, the nation saw tens of thousands of people left behind in New Orleans. Ten years later, it looks like the same people in New Orleans have been left behind again. The population of New Orleans is noticeably smaller and noticeably whiter. While tens of billions poured into Louisiana, the impact on poor and working people in New Orleans has been minimal.