News in Brief This Chart Shows How the Safety Net Helps Working-Class White Americans Cuts to the safety net could be bad news for Trump’s base. By Dwyer Gunn Earlier today, Congress… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Who Turned My Blue State Red? Why poor areas vote for politicians who want to slash the safety net. Alec MacGillis
News in Brief Before You Cut Them, Know That Food Stamps Worked as Promised As calls to cut the U.S. food stamp program are growing shriller, know that their explosive growth and wide distribution during the recession was built in as a feature, not a defect. Michael Todd