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The Food Stamp Belt: Race, politics and poverty in the SouthFacing South (blog)With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and …Conservative Hypocrisy: Food Stamps Are Hand-Outs to the Lazy … …

Kansas City Star A tale of two mapsKansas City StarAlmost half the people living in Dunklin Co., Mo., in the bootheel, get federal food stamps, according to a weekend story in the New York Times. … More: continued here

Food Stamps and the American Economic DivideThe New LedgerI've tried to say this before, desultorily and in other contexts, without ever really wrapping it up with a bow: America is splitting … More: continued here

Jobs., Mortgages, Food Stamps — Where is the President?Huffington Post (blog)Sunday's New York Times leads with a story about dramatic increases in the numbers of Americans who have to rely on food stamps. One in eight Americans uses …and more » More: continued here

Trip's morning reading: Food stamp use on the riseThe New Mexico IndependentThe use of food stamps, the federal program, has increased dramatically during the recession, reports the New York Times. … More: continued here

Turkmenistan News Where the biggest jumps in food stamps have beenChristian Science MonitorFood stamp rolls have grown by more than 10 million during the past two years, according to numbers from the US Department of Agriculture. …Food stamp rise not a tragedy; it's a victoryTrue/SlantFood Stamps Helping One In Eight …

Food stamp needs increase in USMalaysia SunThe New York Times has reported that 36 million Americans, or 12 percent of the population, are now using food stamps to buy items such as bread and milk. … More: continued here

US citizens line up for food stampsTaipei NewsThe New York Times has reported that 36 million Americans, or 12 percent of the population, are now using food stamps to buy items such as bread and milk. … More: continued here

Food Stamp Usage on the Rise: Another Effect of RecessionAssociated ContentIf you asked these same people two years ago if they would ever need food stamps, many would have scoffed and said never. Now these same people, … More: continued here

US citizens line up for food stampsPhilippines NewsThe New York Times has reported that 36 million Americans, or 12 percent of the population, are now using food stamps to buy items such as bread and milk. … More: continued here