Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) — A record 34.4 million people received food stamps in May in the U.S. as unemployment surged toward a 26-year high. The increase marked the sixth straight month of record participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program . The monthly total was up 21 percent from a year earlier and 1.9 percent from April, the Department of Agriculture said today in a statement …
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