Westend61/Westend61/Getty Images Since taking office in January, the Trump Administration has placed a premium on limiting government spending it categorizes as “waste, fraud, and abuse” and “frivolous expenditures.” Among those, it seems, are two programs through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) totaling more than $1 billion for school lunches and community food banks....
Budget Bytes I love a good holiday meal. Whether it’s to eat with friends and family or enjoy by yourself on the couch, there’s just something so fun about choosing a dinner or snack based on the holiday. For St. Patrick’s Day, that means you can eat a whole bunch of delicious things full of...
Vera Vita/Getty Images Every once in a while, a trendy new "wellness" term emerges — paleo, keto, and intermittent fasting populate magazine headlines, with experts arguing about their benefits and drawbacks. All that noise often makes it challenging to adopt a critical lens and understand what may be valuable for each of us personally, given...
Dairy Queen/Instagram Every once in a while, my tween daughter tells me we have to do something. Because everyone is talking about it. It’s how we got matching Owala water bottles, and why we saw Inside Out 2 on opening night— sometimes the tweens just know what’s cool before everyone else. Last night, she told...