It took more than three years for SNAP participation to fall by 3 million people after the Great Recession. The current decline happened in just six months. Read more from Joseph Llobrera:
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Participation in SNAP fell by more than 3 million people (8 percent) nationwide between July 2025 and January 2026—the sharpest decline in decades.
Participation in SNAP fell by more than 3 million people (8 percent) nationwide between July 2025 and January 2026—the sharpest decline in decades.
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More than 3 million people have left SNAP in the six months since enactment of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act
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More than 3 million people have left SNAP in the six months since enactment of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act
In August, the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Texas at Austin will close. I joined the department last year after leaving the University of Iowa’s Gender, Wom...
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In August, the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Texas at Austin will close. I joined the department last year after leaving the University of Iowa’s Gender,…
