Welfare

Adam Housley Slammed for Controversial Comments on SNAP Benefits and Fraud

Housley, who’s married to Tamera Mowry-Housley, claimed that as a child, he’d witness people “buy crap food for their kids with food stamps.”
02/20/2025

Judge Rules Against Brett Farve In Defamation Suit Against Shannon Sharpe

A federal judge ruled that Sharpe's comments about Farve were "examples of protected, colorful speech referring to needy families in Mississippi.”
11/01/2023

Court Date Set For Rachel Dolezal's 80K Welfare Fraud Case

The racial impersonator collected almost $10K in assistance.
01/07/2019

[Video] Walmart Worker Goes Off on Customer for Using Food Stamps

She berates him for "taking handouts" while his son watches.
05/05/2016
Bill de Blasio and Al Sharpton

BET Wire: GOP Throws Sharpton, de Blasio Fifty Shades of Diss

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Barack Obama

What's in Obama's 2016 Budget for You?

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Michigan Lawmaker Signs Bill Requiring Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients

Opponents say Gov. Rick Snyder is waging war on poor.
12/30/2014
BET Wire

BET Wire: Final Shutdown Edition (For Now)

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African-Americans

How's the Shutdown Playing Back at Home?

Lawmakers sound off on impact of government shutdown.
10/16/2013

Life As a Single Mother Living With AIDS

J’Mia Edwards on juggling motherhood, activism and HIV.
12/17/2012
Mitt Romney Releases 2011 Tax Return

Commentary: Is It Over for Mitt Romney?

Romney's latest gaffe might keep him from the White House.
09/20/2012