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Stephanie Land on Why Poor Children Deserve Treats Too

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Seven years out from needing to use food stamps, and it’s interesting what still triggers that dreaded feeling of humiliation that consumed my life back then. Yet I always feel it when I use a self-checkout station at the grocery store. Back then, as a college student who earned money by cleaning people’s homes, I used an EBT card, the debit card supplied to spend funds granted through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), to purchase food I couldn’t afford otherwise. Read More...

The Death of Liz Keen on 'The Blacklist' Ushers in a New Character Let's Meet Her

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Out with the old Liz Keen and in with the new Weecha Xiu on 'The Blacklist.' For now, she remains a mystery, but we have to know, who is Weecha? Source: IMDb | NBC(Some) fans of The Blacklist were evidently not fans of Liz Keen (Megan Boone). Though she spent eight seasons on the show, by the end, many viewers were relieved to see her go. The death of a not-so-beloved character in the Season 8 finale left people wondering, who might replace her? Read More...

Unrealistic and unaffordable: public opinion on the 2024 Conservative and Labour manifestos

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Most Britons think that parties go back on their manifesto promises anywayThe public has now had a couple of weeks to digest the parties’ manifestos. YouGov has already shown the level of support for individual manifesto policies, but what do people think of the manifestos more broadly? Britons tend to think Tory and Labour election promises are unaffordable and unrealisticThe IFS has criticised the Labour and Conservative parties for failing to show how they are going to pay for their election promises. Read More...