Salina Heller, Author at Ms. Magazine https://msmagazine.com/author/sheller/ More Than A Magazine, A Movement Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:26:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://msmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-ms-logo-32x32.jpg Salina Heller, Author at Ms. Magazine https://msmagazine.com/author/sheller/ 32 32 ‘It’s Not Charity, It’s Community’: Why SNAP Benefits Are Helpful for Everyone https://msmagazine.com/2025/11/05/snap-trump-benefits-state-wisconsin-free-food-banks/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:25:57 +0000 https://msmagazine.com/?p=388149 As federal SNAP funding stalls amid the shutdown, families, advocates and food banks are stepping up to keep people fed—but they can’t fill all the gaps.

“When we support programs like SNAP—we’re not just feeding families, we’re strengthening the entire community—every child who goes to bed with a full stomach, every parent who can focus on work instead of hunger, every landlord who can count on rent being paid—all of that adds up to a healthier, more resilient community,” said Semone Thomas, a Wisconsin SNAP advocate. “Because in the end, food security is not charity, it’s community.”

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]]> Wisconsin OB-GYN: ‘It’s Such a Relief! Abortion Is Legal in Wisconsin’ https://msmagazine.com/2025/07/09/wisconsin-ob-gyn-abortion-legal-womens-health-supreme-court/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:28:10 +0000 https://msmagazine.com/?p=382689 In a 4-3 split reflecting progressive control, the Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out an 1849 statute and affirmed that Wisconsinites continue to have access to abortion care, in a case brought by Gov. Tony Evers, Attorney General Josh Kaul, and a group of physicians.

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