On AlterNet: food stamps

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I'm on Food Stamps: My Shame and Pride in Signing up for the Most Stigmatized Benefit

Christopher D. Cook, Salon. February 8, 2012.

I call myself frayed white collar -- part of the privileged poor. I'm a semi-accomplished, mid-career journalist and writer, but now I'm hurtling precipitously toward poverty.

While Republicans Play Politics Over Food Stamps, New Film Focuses on Hunger in America

Amy Goodman, Raj Patel, Democracy Now!. January 23, 2012.

Amy Goodman and Raj Patel discuss the 49 million people who are struggling to get enough to eat in America, and why GOP candidates' posturing isn't helping.

4 Absurd, Damaging Right-Wing Lies About Food Stamps

Jake Blumgart, AlterNet. November 21, 2011.

Hipsters abusing food stamps, recipients buying nothing but McDonald's ... the many myths about the federal food stamp program poison the public's perception of it.

Barbara Ehrenreich: America's Tragic Decline -- Resistance Bursts Out All Over the World, While We Do Nothing to Fight Corporate Takeover

Amy Goodman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Democracy Now!. August 8, 2011.

Barbara Ehrenreich discusses the sorry state of the American economy and how it impacts real people.

Should Food Stamps Be Used for Soda?

Terry J. Allen, In These Times. December 7, 2010.

Nationally, soda companies raked in a $4 billion subsidy last year through purchases by the 41 million Americans on food stamps.

The Human Recession: Selling Food Stamps for Kid's Shoes

Seth Wessler, ColorLines. February 17, 2010.

Unable to find jobs, kicked off welfare, women in Connecticut are forced to sell food assistance to buy basic necessities.

Hightower: GOP Is the Party That Thinks Helping the Poor and Hungry Is Like Feeding 'Stray Animals'

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. February 4, 2010.

Where else can raw ignorance rise to such high places -- and then flaunt itself shamelessly for all to see?

Conservative Hypocrisy: Food Stamps Are Hand-Outs to the Lazy ... Until I Need Them

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 30, 2009.

(Then it's still a hand-out to the lazy, just not for me.)

One in Ten Americans Went Hungry Last Year

Abid Aslam, IPS News. November 28, 2007.

More than one in 10 people in the United States go hungry, according to government figures suggesting its food programs are falling short in the world's wealthiest country.

Prices for Key Foods are Rising Sharply; Half of Eligible Poor Don't Get Food Stamps

Kevin Hall, Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers. August 14, 2007.

Already stung by a two-year rise in gasoline prices, American consumers now face sharply higher prices for foods they can't do without. At the same time, half of the nation's eligible poor aren't getting the food stamps to which they're entitled