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Associated Press
29-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Walmart Family Mobile Introduces Most Affordable Plans Yet with New Features to Support Families During Economic Challenges
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2025-- Walmart Family Mobile, a leading prepaid brand powered by Verizon's award-winning network and available exclusively at Walmart, is proud to introduce its most affordable plans yet, designed to help families stay connected without compromising their budget. With inflationcontinuingto impact household finances across the country, Walmart Family Mobile helps families save money during times of financial uncertainty. New Plans and Features: Lifeline Value for Families in Need Walmart Family Mobile's Lifeline discount program lowers monthly phone service costs for eligible low-income customers, providing critical and affordable mobile connectivity for families in need. Qualified customers can access plans for as low as $5.88/month in California and $9.88/month in other states, helping ease financial burdens without sacrificing connectivity they can rely on. To further support enrollment and outreach, Walmart Family Mobile will also award grants to community partners to help eligible customers enroll in Lifeline. Family Mobile Peace of Mind When unexpected challenges arise, Family Mobile Peace of Mind is there to keep families connected to what matters most. The Family Mobile Peace of Mind feature provides up to six months of unlimited talk and incoming text messages for $1/month plus taxes and fees, helping customers stay in touch with loved ones and employers in case of emergency. This feature is available for all customers who have been with Walmart Family Mobile for 90 days or longer. 'Walmart Family Mobile's new plans and features underscore our unwavering commitment to supporting families through economic hardships,' said Nancy Clark, President of Verizon Value Brands. 'In these challenging times, connectivity is not just a convenience—it's a necessity. Through these offers and partnerships, we want to make a tangible difference in the lives of those who need it most by providing affordable and reliable mobile services.' United Way Worldwide and Goodwill Industries International Partnerships As part of the brand's commitment to supporting families, Walmart Family Mobile is also partnering with United Way Worldwide and Goodwill Industries International (GII) to provide resources that connect families to basic needs. Walmart Family Mobile will be supporting United Way's work with 211, a free, 24/7 service that connects individuals to critical local resources, such as Lifeline, with professional Community Resource Specialists handling over 42,000 calls daily in more than 180 languages. The brand is also working with GII at both the national and local level: Walmart Family Mobile remains steadfast in its commitment to supporting families through economic challenges by offering affordable and reliable mobile services, because staying connected shouldn't come at a high cost, especially when it matters most. For more information on Walmart Family Mobile, visit About Walmart Family Mobile Walmart Family Mobile provides quality no-contract wireless solutions to value-conscious consumers and is available exclusively at Walmart and Walmart Family Mobile is part of the Verizon Value portfolio of prepaid brands, which includes Total Wireless, Visible, Tracfone, Simple Mobile, SafeLink, Straight Talk, and Verizon Prepaid. View source version on CONTACT: Value Media Relations [email protected] KEYWORD: NEW YORK UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: RETAIL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CARRIERS AND SERVICES PHILANTHROPY WOMEN ONLINE RETAIL MEN DEPARTMENT STORES HISPANIC FAMILY OTHER PHILANTHROPY NETWORKS CONSUMER MOBILE/WIRELESS SOURCE: Walmart Family Mobile Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 05/29/2025 09:05 AM/DISC: 05/29/2025 09:03 AM
Gulf Today
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Gulf Today
The simple question: Where is the 'real America'?
Rich Harwood, Tribune News Service Is there such a thing as a 'real America'? A battle now rages over this simple question. Some Democratic party operatives claim the real America are so-called 'Trump voters,' who they say they need to better 'study' in order to win future elections. Many Republican voices argue the real America are just those who support the new administration 100% of the time. Still, others assert that different demographics or geography comprise the real America. It's as if the real America is one particular slice or another of our nation. These caricatures lead us sorely astray. But there is a real America. I work in it every day. Recently, I spoke to a gathering of over 100 Black elected officials from all across Mississippi. They represented very different communities — from cities to the Delta. This is the real America. Back in March, I spoke at Goodwill Industries International's annual leadership convention, which was attended by hundreds of local Goodwill leaders from practically every state. They were some of the strongest workforce development and disability advocates I've ever met. This is the real America. Earlier this year, I was in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. I marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with thousands of my fellow Americans who represented all kinds of political backgrounds, ethnicities, and creeds. This is the real America. In just the past year, I've worked with communities in rapidly-growing North Carolina, the breadbasket of California, suburban Connecticut, rural Kentucky, and post-industrial Michigan. I've been engaging with community leaders in Jim Jordan's district in Ohio, Matt Gaetz's district in Florida, and Lauren Boebert's district in Colorado. For years now, I've been working deeply with scores of community members in Reading, PA, a once predominantly-white community that today is over 70% Latino. Every single one of these communities is the real America too. Everywhere I go, I find the real America. Because it is all of these places. It is all of us. We must urgently embrace the notion that the real America includes all of us. The very future of our country depends on it. Make no mistake, we do have real differences in this country. Our divides can be sharp at times, even threaten to overrun us. But the concerns I hear from people across our nation have grown increasingly consistent, which is something we can build upon. They say we've lost our sense of decency, compassion, and empathy for one another. Many people feel increasingly left out and left behind. And amid this reality, I find enormous agreement among Americans about what really matters to us in our daily lives; Issues like healthcare, community safety, youth and education, and mental health. These are universal. Please don't mistake this as an argument simply about how we have more in common than most people think. That has almost become cliché these days. It's true but there's something deeper and more profound that we must lift up if the real America includes everyone. Because here's what else I've experienced across the real America. People today have a deep and abiding yearning to step forward and help put their communities and this nation on a better path forward. Apathy is not the issue. We are not passive, wishing for some elected politician to wave a wand that magically solves our shared concerns. People feel an urge to step forward and take action together, but many of us feel stuck, unsure of what to do and how to move forward effectively. And many of us are frustrated — indeed, even enraged — that only some of us are deemed part of the real America, that only some of our voices matter, that only some of our contributions are judged worthy. To create a sense of belonging and possibility, we must embrace the idea that the real America is all of us. We must commit to seeing and hearing one another. We must put each other's innate dignity back at the top of the agenda. And we must commit to building together. Only by building together can we restore our belief that we can get things done together. Not as Republicans or Democrats or Independents. Not as urban or rural or suburban enclaves. But as Americans. Because we — all of us, no exceptions — are the real America.
