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.
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