Rainesford Stauffer
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You realize you are commenting this on an op-ed written by a 15-year-old, right? Someone who could not vote then, and cannot vote now.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
You realize you are commenting this on an op-ed written by a 15-year-old, right? Someone who could not vote then, and cannot vote now.
Reposted by Rainesford Stauffer
This about knocked me flat: "However, I know the feeling of being at school and not being offered the same food as your friends, or being warned, “you don’t have any money left." Now, faces of all ages ask me: What will happen next? How will we afford to feed and clothe our families?"
As a Pike Co. student, I see the SNAP delays, and I see our people suffer | Opinion
OpEd: As a high school student, I see the struggles of our mountain communities, already hurt by floods, now suffering under SNAP delays.
www.kentucky.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This about knocked me flat: "However, I know the feeling of being at school and not being offered the same food as your friends, or being warned, “you don’t have any money left." Now, faces of all ages ask me: What will happen next? How will we afford to feed and clothe our families?"
This about knocked me flat: "However, I know the feeling of being at school and not being offered the same food as your friends, or being warned, “you don’t have any money left." Now, faces of all ages ask me: What will happen next? How will we afford to feed and clothe our families?"
As a Pike Co. student, I see the SNAP delays, and I see our people suffer | Opinion
OpEd: As a high school student, I see the struggles of our mountain communities, already hurt by floods, now suffering under SNAP delays.
www.kentucky.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This about knocked me flat: "However, I know the feeling of being at school and not being offered the same food as your friends, or being warned, “you don’t have any money left." Now, faces of all ages ask me: What will happen next? How will we afford to feed and clothe our families?"
“I know that folks are scared, and we talk about it as a political decision and as a bargaining tool and a policy question, but this is impacting real people’s lives,” Alexis Newman, director of campus programs at Student Basic Needs Coalition, told Teen Vogue.
More Young People Will Go Hungry Without SNAP
“We’re trying to make it, but it’s been hard.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“I know that folks are scared, and we talk about it as a political decision and as a bargaining tool and a policy question, but this is impacting real people’s lives,” Alexis Newman, director of campus programs at Student Basic Needs Coalition, told Teen Vogue.