A veteran journalist and former White House correspondent for Politico, Joseph Williams is a freelance writer, blogger, and essayist in Washington, D.C.
A federal judge ordered the administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits for 42 million people as the Justice Department appealed, while analysis shows the partial-payment plan would cut average aid by 61 percent and leave millions with nothing.
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
"Depending on the amount of active ingredient in the product…taking kratom can be harmful," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned people not to use kratom because of possible harm it can cause.
As long as politics remains tawdry, brain-numbing entertainment, infected by hateful racist bugs, today’s already darkened age will grow darker before en-light-enment may return.