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Arizona’s Food Stamp Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the U.S.

Arizona’s Food Stamp Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the U.S.

The Daily vor 3 Monaten

The number of people who receive nutrition assistance in Arizona has dropped significantly in a matter of months.

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The United States is undergoing one of the biggest changes to its
social safety net in recent history, with huge numbers of people
getting dropped from the government’s food assistance program.
Nowhere has this been more dramatic than in Arizona.

Jason DeParle, who covers poverty for The New York Times,
explains why so many people are suddenly losing access to this
key benefit, and what implications it could have for the rest of
the country.

Guest: Jason DeParle, who writes about poverty
in the United States for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Faced with piles of new paperwork, people are losing food
stamps.

Video: What Arizona reveals about the future of food stamps.

Photo: Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times

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