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Why SNAP works is out in paperback come August! Same great price ($25), but lighter and bendable. Perfect for the beach! www.ucpress.edu/books/why-sn...

Why SNAP works is out in paperback come August! Same great price ($25), but lighter and bendable. Perfect for the beach! www.ucpress.edu/books/why-sn...

So 34 million Americans are going to go work on farms. Moving into rural communities, right? Got it. That's a brilliant plan.

While many might respond with "What, the leopards ate your face?," one is also struck by the absolute disdain of the Trump administration against programs once heralded by Kansas Republicans as good for America, and for them. The enemy is not eastern liberals. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...

Baking perverse incentives into SNAP administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

A great journalist and ethicist. Those of us who teach learned a lot just watching him interview folks from all walks of life. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b...

Despite the walks for hunger and the canned food drivrs, food banks rely heavily on government support. These cuts will hurt. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...

The food system routinely bears out the contradictions and hypocrisy in our immigration policy. wapo.st/44tZ0uv

I get interviewed about all things SNAP by Landon Mitchell for his new podcast. Have a listen. (And sorry about my high pitched voice. Allergies made me raspy.) youtu.be/xWKBuDEahZ0?...

Excellent piece -- and why I stopped attending or watching pro sports. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...

Some great signs at No Kings in Brookline, MA.

An asset test is just a paperwork test. More unnecessary burden and bureaucracy that limits access for the eligible.

ICE is only going after small businesses w/undocumented employees. They will fine them into bankruptcy. ICE is not going after Trump businesses, Perdue Farms, big meat packing plants who all hire more undocumented. Just small, often immigrant owned businesses. Highly selective class warfare.

Cruelty is the point. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

The SNAP soda ban won't work. Soda is cheap, so households will use their other funds to buy it. A ban will create hassles for retailers, and likely will cost more to implement than it will save. And it's paternalistic. But we don't trust poor people, so... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...

Final grades are in! Someone once told me, "I love to teach, but I get paid to grade." Indeed. School's out til September at my place, and I look forward to quality writing time.

Performative nonsense, courtesy of your USDA. Most "improper" SNAP payments are errors by state administrators, not fraudulent payments to "underserving" households. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USD...

Remember, Social Security is not technically part of the budget deficit. It is designed to be self supporting. Republicans just kept “borrowing” from it to pay for wars in Iraq, etc. while giving tax cuts to the rich. Now they don’t want to pay it back. #SaveSocialSecurity AND safety net programs.

Big Ag profits one way or another. wapo.st/3EnT3G7

Next: a new Trump meme coin. wapo.st/4j3VMUv

I didn't know that USDA was the Justice Department. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USD...

Last time they spent ~$18 billion on bailouts, most to big operations growing corn and soy. So much winning. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...

Such bans won't work (soda is cheap) and only impose more administrative burdens. More performative policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...

This is why conservatives in Congress are happy to let the executive branch do their dirty work. Cutting popular programs doesn't win you friends. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Spot on analysis: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...

OK, I know that dunking on the Times is a sport around here, but this headline is so wrong on so many levels. "Many pitfalls?" How about, just plain immoral? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/w...

If it's not one damned thing, it's another: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/27/m...

My first vote for president, one I never regretted.

We are hiring for a teaching professor in American politics! Deadline 1/15 Big needs are: -Intro American politics + occasional AP electives -Quant methods -Urban/suburban politics This is the same type of full-time, ranked NTT position I have; I'm happy to talk about my experience. #PSJMinfo

Useful NYT recap of current Farm Bill politics. Farmers voted for Trump but worry about being left out of the conversation. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/u...

Here we go again. Tax cuts for the rich, benefits cuts for the poor. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Apologies for repeat. Not yet fluent in bsky posting. Northeastern University seeks to fill two open-rank positions in AI governance, with an emphasis on policy dimensions and regulations of AI and related technologies. For info, and to apply go to: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

Northeastern University seeks to fill two open-rank positions in AI governance, with an emphasis on policy dimensions and regulations of AI and related technologies. For info, and to apply go to: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

Shameless plug division: Roughly one year since publication of my political history of the food stamp program, and just over 60 years since enactment of the Food Stamp Act of 1964. At only $25, makes a great holiday gift! www.ucpress.edu/books/why-sn...

On August 31, 1964, Lyndon Johnson signed the Food Stamp Act and established food stamps as a federal entitlement. Sixty years on, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program remains an essential food assistance / anti-poverty program.

SNAP turns 60 on Saturday. We should celebrate a program that works. harvardpublichealth.org/policy-pract...

Joe did not deserve this. But, as the scriptures say, it is what it is...

My new piece in the New York Review of Books. Fun to geek out about farm bill politics and SNAP in on essay. www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...

Others may have posted, so apologies. Chuck was a great scholar, but he also was a caring mentor, dedicated family man, and all around decent guy. And funny. He set an example for how scholars should act. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

I admit to not teaching Congress for a while, but this is some serious "Red Wedding" stuff. Responsible parties, eh?

Northeastern University seeks scholars working at the intersection of democracy and technology. Open rank. See details at: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

Today is the official publication date of my new book, Why SNAP Works! Thanks to the great folks at the University of California Press for getting me to his day. It never gets old. www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520...

Northeastern University seeks scholars working at the intersection of democracy and technology. Open rank. See details at: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

Very excited about my first Hamilton Project piece! Several policies recently made changes to work requirements for SNAP. In a new primer, Lauren Bauer and I explain how SNAP work requirements work, or (spoiler alert) don’t work. www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...

My first post on this site. Sharing an opinion piece I just published with THE BAFFLER. thebaffler.com/outbursts/sn...