The statistic in this article's lede pulled me in. "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 one in four children." Wow.
The inclusion of multiple families' accounts of the struggle to make ends meet, with emphasis on their lack of food, grounds the statistics in flesh and blood. What I found very interesting are the quotes from people whose views have changed--those who used to believe people on welfare "milked the system" and that government aid encouraged laziness, until they found themselves in line, in dire need of that extra help.
One of the great things of e-newspapers is the embedded multimedia. Along with this article come a few links for those interested in solid numbers for the whole bleak picture, in addition to photos and links to related articles. A lot of information for those interested.