Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) reopened an age-old controversy by requesting legislation to prohibit using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to purchase soda. The strongly urged suggestion is to combat increasing obesity and diabetes rates among lower-income individuals and families by encouraging them to spend the […]
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RFK’s presidential campaign feels too good to be true
Robert F. Kennedy waved the peace sign minutes before he was assassinated. It was 1968 and he was running for president as a Democrat, having just won the California primary. To his admiring audience, he said, “What has been going on within the United States over the period of the […]