The 10 most read stories on Future Perfect in 2025
As Future Perfect has in past years, we’re spending this holiday season rounding up our most-read stories of 2025 — ...
Tag: food
Merry Christmas! Santas Steal From Store To Give Food To The Poor
Dressed in red suits and accompanied by masked elves, a group of Santas marched into a Montreal supermarket, loaded their ...
USDA goes full Scrooge on food stamp recipients—if they live in blue states
The Community Kitchen run by Food Bank for NYC serves New Yorkers during the government shutdown. The Trump administration is ...
8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
Today, tens of millions of Americans will partake in a national ritual many of us say we don’t especially enjoy ...
How to avoid the dreaded Thanksgiving food coma
When it comes to the holidays, we all have different traditions. But there does seem to be one commonality when ...
The 2025 Future Perfect 25
When we launched Vox’s Future Perfect section in 2018, it began with a simple question: “What topics would we write ...
Tens of Millions of People Lost Their Food Stamps—For Now
For the first time in the SNAP program's 61-year history, it doesn't currently have funds to distribute to recipients.Anthony Behar/AP/Sipa ...
The “welfare queen” stereotype is back — and it’s going viral
On Saturday, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — also known as food stamps — will run out for more ...
MAGA salivates at the chance to cut off food stamps
The Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the most successful anti-hunger programs in American history. ...
The shutdown is pushing federal workers to food banks—just as SNAP is set to expire
Furloughed federal workers line up to receive food at No Limits Outreach Ministries on October 21, 2025 in Hyattsville, Maryland. ...
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