Yeah, I’m  rans, bu  mos  people can’     ell.
Maybe  hey can  ell I’m nonbinary, bu  mos  days
 hey jus misgender me “hey ma’am” (  hough I’m no ).
I was born  his way, I always knew I was a boy
growing up, bu  back  hen I was called “ omboy,”
which a  leas  had “boy” in  he name. Puber y
blockers weren’  a  hing  hen, bu  sex-change
surgery was and I  ried every angle bu  my paren s
wouln’  buy i , so I s opped asking and grew up
wi h  he wrong hormones coursing  hrough me.
I looked like a sor  of girl, bu  fel  s ill so much
like a guy, bu   hen over  ime, I admi  I grew  o
apprecia e my female  hink bu s  ill, I never did
adjus   o my body, so I wear loose clo hing.
I wear a  rucker cap a lo  (mos  of  he  ime backwards)
and have never been a fan of mirrors bu  I don’ 
wan  surgery anymore because i ’s surgery … and
I have already been  hrough  oo much. I ’s a personal
decision  o live (as I do, a “ hey /  hem) and I was glad
when  hose pronouns became ubiqui ous
because  hen I defini ely fel  more seen. Bu , of course,
“ hey/ hem” since  he las  elec  on isn’  qui e as
accep ed, jus  like I’m no  qui e as accep ed…
Presiden   rump said in his inaugura ion speech
I don’  even exis ! I was in Canada during  ha 
momen , so I didn’  hear him, bu  he said  here are
only  wo genders and  hey are dic a ed by your body
a  bir h.  rump is mis aken on  his, jus  like he is
abou  so many  hings. He go  rid of our  rans flag
and he go  rid of our le  er “   ” in LGB   bu  he can’ 
ge  rid of me no ma  er wha  he  akes away
or how he spells ha e.

J Brooke’s debut collection, I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side (Driftwood Press) is out today.

I am Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula, successor of Tiberius, Son of the Divine Germanicus, and Supreme Commander and Holder of Tribunician Power, Pontifex Maximus. And I decree, in regard to the upcoming White House UFC event…

It’s a bit much, right? Like even for me. Pretty gauche, no?

Caged brutes pummeling one another bloody on the historic lawn of the Executive Mansion? All to celebrate President Trump’s birthday?

Come on, what are we doing here?

I might have been guilty of some runaway self-indulgence from time to time. I mean, I used to literally drink pearls and once declared war on Neptune.

But is America really going to sully its iconic symbol of democracy with Dana White’s CTE speedrun machine? Why can’t Trump keep his bloodsport / ego strokefest in the coliseum where it belongs? This whole ordeal is really giving mad kings a bad name.

And what’s next? Pete Hegseth’s hardcore backyard wrestling in the rose garden? How about a JD Vance dunk tank on the south lawn? Or Stephen Miller as a carnival geek biting heads off live chickens and guessing immigrants’ weights? I’m just saying, this is beneath the most sacred of America’s institutions.

I know this might seem surprising coming from me. And don’t get me wrong, I’m no stranger to bread and circuses. But considering that the price of bread is currently skyrocketing, Trump spending millions on a red-white-and-blue-drenched octagon is a real slap in the face to John Q. Plebeian.

Besides, there’s an appropriate time and a place for brutality and violence. It’s like I was saying to my trusted advisor/horse the other day: The orgies stay on the orgy ships, and the beheadings and burnings stay in the gladiator arenas, or the prisons, or the slave quarters, or sometimes on the orgy ships. But I don’t spill blood at home. For one, that’s where all my stuff is. And two, I like to keep business and pleasure separate. Mostly…

Of course, maybe I’m expecting too much from the modern world. As you can imagine, things were very different in Ancient Rome during my four-year rule. Allow me to set the scene:

I was a megalomaniac leader completely unmoored from reality. I declared war on the environment. I led many unsuccessful invasions and declared victory anyway. I built monuments to myself and insisted that my minions worship me as their god. I engaged in heinous sex acts and even lusted after my blood relatives. And finally, I routinely humiliated senators and political adversaries with childish nicknames like “Little” Marco Naevius, “Sleepy” Tiberius, and “Crooked” Cassius Chaerea.

Again, everything I’ve just described must be completely foreign to the United States in 2026.

Also, the majority of Roman citizens celebrated my eventual assassination. Not sure if there are any parallels there…

Regardless, the concept of restraint is timeless. While I am obviously 100 percent on board with the ruling class engaging in debauched carnality and unpunished murder (is that still a thing in 2026?), please, let’s try to keep it classy.

Day 4,382 of people asking whether “normal workers” could really move large stones without assistance from mystical sky beings.

Yes. That is generally how construction functions.

A man approached me near the Nile today and whispered, “But have you considered… visitors from the stars?”

Brother. We do not even have reliable sandals yet. Why would intergalactic civilizations travel unimaginable distances only to help stack triangles?

People dramatically underestimate what thousands of organized humans can accomplish when they are adequately fed, aggressively supervised, and denied alternative career paths.

Another traveler asked: “How could ancient people possibly understand mathematics?”

Excellent question. We accidentally invented geometry while trying to avoid carrying rocks incorrectly.

There is a strange tendency among future civilizations to imagine ancient Egyptians spent all day worshipping cats, speaking in riddles, and waiting for aliens to explain basic engineering.

I showed one visitor the ramps.

The pulleys.
The labor records.
The architectural planning.

He nodded thoughtfully and replied, “Interesting. But what if extraterrestrials?”

At this point, I believe some people simply find aliens emotionally comforting.

Do you know what sounds more believable than “A sophisticated civilization developed impressive construction techniques over centuries”?

Apparently: “Space people.”

Yesterday, someone pointed at the pyramids and said, “There’s no way humans did this.”

This feels deeply insulting considering humans also created taxation, organized warfare, and raisins.

Clearly, we are capable of terrible perseverance.

The workers themselves would be furious hearing these theories. Imagine dedicating twenty years to hauling limestone under desert heat only for somebody in the future to conclude, “Honestly, this feels Martian.”

Also, if aliens truly possessed advanced cosmic technology, why would they choose pyramids? Why not invent indoor cooling? Or chairs that support the lower back?

Tomorrow, I must return to supervising entirely human workers using entirely human tools to build another entirely human monument that future people will somehow attribute to lizards from space.

Congratulations are in order to the Ralph Bunche Library, my favorite place to spend time whenever I find myself at Main State. See the FEDLink award, or just read these excerpts:

The Ralph J. Bunche Library at the U.S. Department of State has been named the 2025 Federal Library of the Year by the Federal Library and Information Network, or FEDLINK, in recognition of its technological innovation, operational restructuring and global support for American diplomacy. The FEDLINK award recognizes federal libraries that demonstrate outstanding service, innovation and measurable impact in support of government operations.

Established in 1789, the Bunche Library is the nation’s first federal library. In fiscal year 2025, library staff served 18,000 unique patrons across 175 countries. Much of the library’s recent work focused on using AI and data analysis to better understand patron needs and demonstrate the value of library services across the Department.

[Snip]

The library’s newly minted assessment and strategy team used AI tools to analyze 18 months of customer relationship management case entries to identify common themes across requested library services, including business and organization vetting, legal and policy research, regional and country-specific research, database access, specialized subject research and historical research. The analysis helped the library shift how it describes its work, focusing less on internal processes and more on the mission-tailored outcomes Department staff achieve with library support.

While you appreciate all the AI tools and clever strategy don’t overlook the library’s stacks, which are extensive and redolent of old leather-bound volumes and dusty ambiance, exactly as they should be. That is the heart and soul of a library, and it just doesn't come across through a screen.

Here’s a tip: there may be uncatalogued Easter eggs of information in those stacks which will amaze you. For example, when browsing references on the Spanish Civil War, I found a stray pamphlet put out by the Nationalist government in the early 1950s that had group photos of every international volunteer unit on the Republican side and their battalion flags. It was evidently collected by the U.S. Information Agency, and some State librarian was good enough to keep it.

The unstated goal of that pamphlet seemed to have been to associate the civil war with the communist take-overs of the Soviet Bloc states in the 1940s, implicitly aligning Nationalist Spain with the U.S. side in the early Cold War. In other words, portraying Spain as the first Iron Curtain victim but for the resistance of the Nationalists. Spain’s ticket into the good graces of the U.S. and NATO after a regretful wartime dalliance with Nazi Germany, perhaps. In any case, it was an example of a public diplomacy campaign by Franco’s government.

All that was good material for my research purpose, but that artifact only existed because of The Unknown Librarian who wouldn’t - couldn’t? - throw it out.

Faced with a badly printed little book on terrible quality newsprint that left smudges on your fingers if you touched it, my nameless benefactor chose to err on the side of being a collector. It might have been another fifty years before a library user next touched that item, but I owe someone my thanks.

That’s just the sort of footnote to history you might find if you tear yourself away from your screens, now and then, and go hands-on with paper and ink. Who knows what else may lie undiscovered in those stacks?

This past winter in the Midwest was a systemic shock. There is no gentler way to put it. Coming back to this climate, feeling that heavy, gray, bone-chilling freeze, I found myself counting down the weeks until the world finally thawed. I wasn’t just waiting for the temperature to rise; I was longing for a specific frequency of existence.

This is my first full summer back in America. It also happens to be the summer I turn 40.

In Ghanaian culture, entering your forties isn't something to hide. It’s the official induction into your grown-woman era, a time when you stop asking for permission and start claiming your space. And because of that milestone, I have a very specific, uncompromising vision for the next three months. I want travel. I want slowness. I want beauty, festivals, sweet stone fruit, and discovery. I want the beautiful chaos of sending my three kids to American summer camp for the very first time, a rite of passage that feels so uniquely American to watch them step into. We only live in the floating rock for a moment. A blip.

And as a water sign, I take being near the water with absolute seriousness. I want the swimsuits, the sexiness, and the long, uninterrupted days where the sun melts away every lingering remnant of that brutal winter frost.

But if you have three kids, you know that spontaneity in America is a logistical battlefield. The sheer mental load of getting everyone out the door can kill the vibe before you even turn the ignition. Have you ever tried to get three toddlers to put on their shoes with urgency?!

To pull off a summer of this magnitude, I realized I had to rely on my old training. I had to look back to my time at the State Department.

The Tradecraft: Go Bags vs. Stay Bags

In my previous life navigating global logistics and diplomatic environments, readiness wasn’t a lifestyle aesthetic, it was a literal survival mechanism. We lived by the rigid gospel of two distinct setups:

The Go Bag (Agility & Evacuation): This is your 72-hour lifeline. It sits by your front door or in your trunk, packed with the absolute essentials: legal documents, cash in multiple currencies, flashlights, water purification, and emergency rations. It operates on a single assumption: The environment has turned hostile, and you need to move right now without friction.

The Stay Bag (Endurance & Lockdown): This is what you keep at the office for when things go sideways but you cannot leave. If an embassy goes into lockdown, your Stay Bag holds the items that preserve your dignity and stamina over forty-eight to seventy-two hours: a fresh change of clothes, proper toiletries, comfort snacks, and extra phone chargers.

Diplomacy cures you of the illusion that stability is permanent. Years later, I still maintain this tradition. I have versions of these bags in my home, my office, and the trunk of my car.

But recently, I was listening to NPR’s It’s Been a Minute, and the hosts started talking about the concept of a "Summer Go Bag." They joked about umbrellas, picnic blankets, and the eternal struggle of finding a sunscreen that actually works.

It hit me right in the chest: Why do we only apply strict, rigorous readiness to crises? Why do we only pack with intensity when we are trying to survive a worst-case scenario? This summer, I am reclaiming the tradecraft. I am transitioning from defensive readiness (surviving a crisis) to offensive readiness (claiming my joy).

The Manifest: My Turning-40 Summer Go Bag

The Summer Go Bag is my spontaneity insurance. It means that when the sun hits perfectly on a Tuesday afternoon, or a festival lineup drops, or the kids get home from camp and the beach is calling, we don't spend ninety minutes negotiating logistics. We just grab the handles and go. As a Ghanaian-American woman, a mother of three, and a water sign turning 40, my manifest requires a few non-negotiables that you won't find in a standard lifestyle blog:

1. The Protection (Zero White Cast)

"To Garrett's point about sunscreen, I have so many friends who still don't wear sunscreen. It blows my mind. Some of them make me look like the Blair Witch. Yes, the white cast is real." — It's Been a Minute

We are absolutely not doing the Blair Witch aesthetic this year. Protecting rich, brown skin requires the right formulation. My bag permanently houses a high-end, completely sheer sunscreen (no ashiness, no purple tint, no ghost-lit look in family photos). It’s a mandatory line item for me and the kids before anyone steps into the sun. I love Black Girl sunscreen and my go-to Korean brands I purchased on my last trip to Seoul.

2. The Hair & Skin Restoration Kit

As a Black woman who loves the water, the beach isn't just a trip, it’s a major hair operation. You cannot take water seriously without a plan for the aftermath. My bag includes:

A heavy-duty leave-in conditioner and detangling spray to immediately melt away the effects of chlorine and salt water for me and the kids.

A jar of pure shea oil or high-quality body butter to seal in moisture the second we step off the sand, because the Midwest sun will dry you out if you let it.

Satin-lined caps or wraps for the drive home.

3. The Infrastructure for Slowness

The Premium Beach Umbrella: As the podcast rightly noted, you cannot have a luxurious, hours-long beach day if you are fighting heat exhaustion under the glare of the sun. True slowness requires a micro-climate of shade.

The Drawstring Picnic Blanket: This lives permanently in the trunk. It’s compact, portable, and turns any impromptu park visit, festival lawn, or sandy shore into an immediate lounge setup.

4. The Grown-Woman Essentials

The "Turning 40" Swimsuit: This is not a utilitarian, "let me chase a toddler" mom-suit. This is something intentional, confident, and unapologetically sexy.

High-End Hydration: A heavy-duty insulated flask filled with ice-cold water—and perhaps a separate, smaller one with something crisp and sparkling for festival afternoons.

Quick-Dry Turkish Towels: Traditional terrycloth towels are heavy, take forever to dry, and hold sand like a magnet. Turkish towels pack down flat, weigh nothing, dry in minutes, and double as a chic wrap or head covering.

5. The Three-Kid Camp Reset

The Post-Camp Cleanse: A pack of heavy-duty body wipes and three pre-rolled, lightweight changes of clothes for the kids so we can transition from the camp bus straight to the water without a pitstop at home.

Non-Melting Fuel: High-protein snacks that won't turn into a sad, melted sludge in a hot car.

The Ultimate State of Readiness

Turning 40 feels a lot like realizing you finally know exactly what needs to go into your life’s Go Bag. You spend your twenties and thirties packing for everyone else, anticipating every conceivable emergency, and trying to fit your vibrant, expansive identity into boxes that are too small for you.

This summer, the bag is packed entirely for pleasure, beauty, and presence. The kids are taken care of, the infrastructure is in the trunk, the sunscreen is clear, and the element is calling. We survived the winter. We earned this sun.

We are ready!

Since we published our article in August 2025, the changes we warned about have begun rolling out across the country. A year ago, over 42 million Americans were receiving SNAP benefits. Today, it’s closer to 38.5 million. That’s roughly 4 million people who were getting food assistance who now aren’t. For many of them, nothing changed in their lives, but the rules changed around them. What was once theoretical is now hitting families hard.

Who Lost SNAP Benefits and Why?

Since we published our previous article in August of 2025, the changes we warned about have begun rolling out across the country and may now be impacting you or your neighbors. The situation appears to be worse than we anticipated.

If you’re between the ages of 55 and 64, homeless, a veteran, or a parent with a teenager 14 years of age or older at home, you used to be exempt from work requirements. Now you’re not. For the parents and caregivers out there, this means if your youngest kid just turned 14 and you were previously exempt from work requirements, you now must meet the 80-hour work/training per month requirement, or you will lose your SNAP benefits after 3 months. A year ago, having any minor child under 18 at home kept you exempt.

If you’re struggling to find work, or if you’re dealing with health issues that are debilitating but not severe enough to qualify for a disability exemption, you can easily fall through the cracks with these new changes. 80 hours per month works out to 20 hours a week, which is essentially a part-time job and not extreme under normal circumstances, but it can be a real obstacle for people in more trying situations:

• Americans in their late 50s or 60s who have physical limitations that don’t qualify as a formal disability, but still make regular work painful or difficult.
• Living in areas with very few job opportunities (and don’t get me started on the excruciatingly low minimum wage in most states or the price of gas right now if finding work requires that you commute.)
• Homeless and dealing with practical barriers that come with that. (Finding and keeping a job when you don’t have a permanent address, a reliable phone, or a place to shower before work is significantly harder than most people realize.)
• Veterans managing service-related health or mental health issues that aren’t classified as disabling. (PTSD, traumatic brain injury, chronic pain from service—these are real and often debilitating, but they don’t always meet the narrow definition of “disability” that qualifies for exemptions.)

The Burden of Paperwork

The requirement isn’t just “have a job”; you must also document and prove you’re meeting the requirements, which adds the burden of paperwork, having dependable internet access, and the time to complete it on top of everything else.

You must document and prove you’re meeting the requirements. That means:

• Collecting pay stubs or employer verification letters
• Gathering receipts or certificates from training programs
• Submitting paperwork to your state agency
• Having internet access to upload documents or use state portals
• Finding the time to complete all of this while working or searching for work, and caring for dependents, etc.

If you’re juggling a part-time job (or multiple part-time jobs), have transportation challenges, health issues, struggling with childcare, or homelessness, the new work requirements and the paperwork burden add another layer of difficulty on top of everything else when you’re just trying to feed your family.

This shift affects real people in real situations.

The SNAP participation decline is accelerating beyond initial projections. SNAP participation has declined by approximately 3.5 million people over the last year. This includes the vulnerable populations we warned about; the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimated that expanded work requirements will lead to more than 1 million older adults ages 55 to 64 losing their food assistance.

The law reduced federal funding for SNAP by $187 billion through 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office. This is the largest cut to food assistance in history.

Beyond work requirements, 18 states requested and received approval to further restrict SNAP-eligible products to address nutrition concerns, with restrictions covering products including soda, desserts, candy, and certain processed foods, applying to roughly 31 percent of SNAP participants. These restrictions limit food choices and create additional complexity for families already struggling.

Let me put it this way: If you live in an area where there is very little available as far as grocery options go, or you don’t have transportation to get to a grocery store, you may end up relying on the closest walkable place to get food for yourself or your family.

If you’ve ever gone into a tiny, rural gas station in the middle of nowhere, you’ll have seen that there are very few “healthy” whole food options there. When you restrict the food that qualifies for SNAP, you might be taking away the highest-calorie choice someone has based on what’s available closest to them. It also suggests that people who rely on SNAP benefits don’t know how to make good choices, which is insulting and fundamentally wrong.

Most people on SNAP are doing the best they can with what they have available—and if this were truly a concern, why would the government cut SNAP Education in their sweeping budget cut?

The food insecurity crisis is worsening, and we are pulling the rug out from underneath our neighbors who need help. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Household Food Security report, published in December 2025, revealed that nearly 48 million people were in food-insecure households in 2024, even as the number of people receiving SNAP has shrunk.

These former SNAP recipients have not been “lifted” out of poverty; they are still struggling to feed themselves, and they just can’t adjust to the new requirements and lack of help.

What’s with the Farm Bill?

The Farm Bill was supposed to be an opportunity to fix SNAP’s problems. Instead, it became a disappointment.

In the early hours of March 5, 2026, after two days of debate, House Agriculture Committee members voted 34-17 to advance a new farm bill. On April 30, the House passed the 2026 farm bill, the “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026” with a 224-200 vote.

Here’s the disappointing reality: the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 fails to reverse the deeply damaging $187 billion in SNAP cuts, as well as other harmful changes that will further weaken the program. Despite months of advocacy and pleas from hunger relief organizations, the House version does nothing to restore SNAP funding or roll back the expanded work requirements.

The House did make one minor change that’s positive: the House passed an amendment (384-35 vote) allowing SNAP recipients to purchase hot rotisserie chickens with their benefits. While any expansion of food choices is welcome, this modest change does not address the core problems created by the massive funding cuts and expanded work requirements.

The Senate has yet to introduce its version of the farm bill, but Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) has indicated he intends to release a draft in the coming weeks. This is where hope remains: the Senate still has an opportunity to take a different path and address SNAP’s crisis.

The United States Capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. A switchboard operator will connect you directly with the Senate office you request. For example, when I call, I tell them I am from Tennessee, and ask to be connected to Marsha Blackburn’s office. Then, I leave my message for Blackburn and call back and ask to be connected to Bill Haggerty’s office next. Every state has 2 Senators, so make sure you call twice so you can leave messages for both of the individuals who were elected to represent you!

Here’s a short script that will work for you no matter where you live when you call your Senators to tell them how you feel about SNAP:

“Hi, I’m a constituent calling from [YOUR CITY/STATE/ZIPCODE].

I’d like to share my thoughts with Senator [NAME]’s office about the upcoming Farm Bill vote:

I’m calling to urge Senator [NAME] to vote in favor of protecting SNAP funding in the Farm Bill. SNAP keeps families fed and strengthens our economy. Every dollar spent on SNAP generates economic activity in our communities, and cutting this program would hurt families.

Please vote NO on any farm bill that doesn’t reverse SNAP cuts. Please pass legislation that restores SNAP funding and rolls back the harmful work requirement changes.

This program is essential for food security and shouldn’t be a political bargaining chip.

I hope the Senator will vote to maintain or increase this critical program.

Thank you for taking my call.”

What to expect:

• You’ll likely reach a staff member answering phones or be sent to voicemail.
• Give your name, address, and the topic you wish to weigh in on. (In this case, that’s SNAP funding in the Farm Bill.)
• Your message gets logged in a tally of constituent calls.
• Quantity matters — High call volumes influence votes!
• Consider also sending an email or letter for the official record. Many offices track contacts by method.

The Bottom Line

Four million Americans lost SNAP benefits in the past year. The rules changed, not their circumstances. As we head toward the Senate’s farm bill vote, there’s still an opportunity to reverse course and protect food assistance for the millions of Americans who depend on it. But that won’t happen without pressure. It won’t happen without you making phone calls, sending emails, volunteering, and telling your story. The fight for SNAP isn’t over, in many ways, it’s just beginning. Your action matters more now than ever.

Sources:

• SNAP Numbers Fall Across US–Food Banks Are Sounding the Alarm – Newsweek
• SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Republican Megabill Is Implemented | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Post-Megabill Drop in SNAP Participation Is Steepest in Decades | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• 4 Million Fewer on SNAP Benefits After Trump Rule Changes – Newsweek
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – Key Statistics and Research | Economic Research Service
• By the Numbers: Harmful Republican Megabill Takes Food Assistance Away From Millions of People | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• By the Numbers: Senate Republican Leadership’s Reconciliation Bill Takes Food Assistance Away From Millions of People | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Related Nutrition Programs in P.L. 119-21: An Overview | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
• Trump’s spending bill cuts billions in SNAP benefits
• House passes 2026 farm bill | National Association of Counties
• House Passes 2026 Farm Bill: The Impact on U.S. Farmers – AgWeb
• House passes farm bill 224-200, now on to Senate | Capital Press
• The Latest Updates on the Farm Bill – Farm Aid
• Highlights of House-Passed 2026 Farm Bill | Center for Crop Diversification
• Household Food Security in the United States in 2024 | Economic Research Service
• USDA Food Security Report Reveals 47.9 Million Americans Facing Hunger, FRAC Urges Congress to Act Now – Food Research & Action Center
• USDA’s Final Household Food Security Report: A Current Snapshot and a Loss for the Future – Alliance to End Hunger
• Statement on USDA 2024 Food Security Report | Feeding America
• USDA released its annual food security report. It could be the last one | WUSF
• H.R. 1 and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): What Counties Should Know | National Association of Counties
• SNAP Cuts Mitigation Hub: Responding to H.R. 1 – Food Research & Action Center
• SNAP Under H.R. 1: What’s Changing and Why It Matters – Disability Belongs™
• SNAP Changes HR1 Budget Reconciliation Law – Hunger Solutions New York
• How SNAP Cuts in H.R. 1 Threaten College Student Food Security – NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College)

More Helpful Resources

Shelf-Stable Strategies: Preparing for SNAP Disruptions

Smart Grocery Shopping Tips When You’re Already Pinching Pennies

10 Foods I Freeze to Save Money and Reduce Waste

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