'We Ain't Buying It': It's Time for an All-Out Food Fight with Trump

'We ain't buying it': It's time for an all-out food fight with Trump

Hunger has a funny way of concentrating the attention.The cost of food and cutbacks in the provision of food for those who need it have been drivers of mass protest throughout much of history: One of the events initiating the French Revolution was the Women’s March on Versailles, which began among women in the marketplaces of Paris protesting the high price and scarcity of bread. Their demonstrations quickly became intertwined with the activitie…

We all want healthy lunches for our kids — so why the partisan food fight?

The government shouldn’t be in the business of buying junk food for school children.Of all the positions splitting Americans today, you wouldn’t expect this one to be controversial. And yet this is the plate we've been served. Each side accuses the other of not caring about disadvantaged children — while both sides insist that no one should dictate what counts as 'healthy' food.The Healthy SNAP Act of 2025 is currently awaiting action in the Sen…