Government

SNAP-Ed’s Demise Exposes MAHA’s Hypocrisy

by Gillen Tener Martin October 29, 2025November 2, 2025

The nation’s largest nutrition education program helped millions of low-income Americans make healthier food choices.

Politics

What’s Wrong with the FDA?

by Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer January 20, 2022January 21, 2022

Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy

USDA Food Box Program Provides Cautionary Tale About Contracts to Lowest Bidders

by Alexandra Spring June 29, 2021January 9, 2022

Featured, Political Animal, Politics

Farmers’ Market: A Sketchy Scheme to Reduce Rural Greenhouse Emissions

by Claire Kelloway May 8, 2021January 9, 2022

Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy

Milking Profits: The Dairy Monopolies That Are Hurting Farmers

by Claire Kelloway September 14, 2020January 9, 2022

Featured, Political Animal, Politics

How Democrats Can Start to Protect America’s Food

by Eleanor Eagan May 19, 2020January 9, 2022

Republic 3.0

The Assault on Food Stamps Is Misguided

by Justin King and Aleta Sprague February 7, 2017January 9, 2022

Economy, Featured

Americans Could Face Bigger Grocery Bills to Pay for Trump’s Wall

by sdesai January 27, 2017January 9, 2022

Books, Magazine, September/October 2016, The Monopolized Economy

Made from Concentrate

by Leah Douglas August 29, 2016January 9, 2022

Government, January/February 2016, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy

Lettuce Pray

by Anne Kim January 10, 2016January 8, 2022

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food industry

SNAP-Ed’s Demise Exposes MAHA’s Hypocrisy

What’s Wrong with the FDA?

USDA Food Box Program Provides Cautionary Tale About Contracts to Lowest Bidders

Farmers’ Market: A Sketchy Scheme to Reduce Rural Greenhouse Emissions

Milking Profits: The Dairy Monopolies That Are Hurting Farmers

How Democrats Can Start to Protect America’s Food

The Assault on Food Stamps Is Misguided

Americans Could Face Bigger Grocery Bills to Pay for Trump’s Wall

Made from Concentrate

Lettuce Pray

What Donald Trump Could Learn from Bill Clinton About the Bond Market

Death by a Thousand Papercuts

Beyond Virtue Signaling on Ukraine and Russia

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The Roberts Court: Poised to Bless the Trump Ballroom

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