Andrew Yang speaking at the Poor Peoples Moral Action Congress in 2019. Today, the US witnesses the launch of Project100: a $100 million effort to rapidly send $1,000 in direct cash payments to 100,000 SNAP (food stamp) recipient families, who have been hard hit by the COVID-19 crisis.
Recipients include individuals like Maureen — a recently unemployed mother of two looking for housing and grieving the loss of her 39 year-old husband, who passed away due to COVID-related complications on March 6th. She signed up for the $1,000 gift (after overcoming fears it was a “free money” scam) via technology […]
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