Week In Review

(Photo/Shutterstock) Already, more than a million American children have lost food stamps since last year. By Kevin Hardy STATELINE.ORG Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million American children have lost access to the Supplemental…

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Gloria Steinem and Pat Carbine look through a copy of Ms. Magazine at the magazine’s offices, Jan. 29, 1980. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff) By Jocelyn Noveck ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author and activist who became one of the most visible symbols and potent voices of the U.S. women’s movement and…

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Mike Petak of Spring City gestures while speaking to East Vincent Township supervisors in opposition to a data center proposal at the former Pennhurst state hospital grounds, Dec. 17, 2025, in Spring City, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy) By Matthew Daly ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder…

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Jackson State Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Kamal Ali, left, and Canhao Wang, a computer engineering student, work out a project Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Jackson, Miss. (Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today via AP) By Candice Wilder Mississippi Today Professor Kamal Ali and his team of Jackson State University student researchers spent their summer…

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A masked ICE agent stands guard outside the Delaney Hall detention during a protest against the transfer of detainees on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) A coalition of Quaker, Sikh and Baptist congregations had sued to block Trump administration policy. By William J. Ford STATELINE.ORG A federal appeals court Tuesday…

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Marjorie Estimé prays wearing a Haitian flag during a service at the Word of Life Center church in Salisbury, Md., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao) By Luis Andres Henao ASSOCIATED PRESS SALISBURY, Md. — These are harrowing days for the Word of Life Center, a church that has long been a vibrant…

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Erica Schwartz testifies during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee confirmation hearing to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) By Mike Stobbe ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as…

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Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) By Moriah Balingit ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Donald…

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Howard University interim president Wayne A. I. Frederick sits for an interview, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) By Corey Williams Associated Press WASHINGTON — The interim president of Howard University said over 200 of the more than 500 first-year incoming students who were unenrolled for the fall semester have been readmitted…

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Apral Jack orders deli meat at Stop & Shop in Lexington, Mass., Monday, July 6, 2026. (Maggie Scales/The Lexington Observer via AP) By Dee-Ann Durbin, Terry Tang, Maggie Scales, Sandy Guatibonza and Hikari Mae Hida Associated Press and The Lexington Observer, La Esquina and Honolulu Civil Beat What’s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack’s house,…

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