Posts by Nash Jones

The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history has come to an end, and with it a tug-of-war over the nation’s largest anti-hunger program: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps. The entitlement program doesn’t usually stall during shutdowns. In fact, in its 60-year history, it never had before. Beginning Nov.…

Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of “Democracy Now!” told me she considers New Mexico the show’s second home. When I welcomed her to the state in a small public broadcasting studio in the Roundhouse last Friday, she’d just signed off from a live global broadcast. She lovingly referred to the state — home to…