Monday May 14, 12 - 1 pm: Food Stamp Nation

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Much-heralded Clinton-era welfare reforms slashed cash benefits to women and children, yet the use of food stamps is soaring today, with one in six Americans, about 50 million of us, now depending on food assistance -- more than ever. Critics of the Obama administration point to it as the new welfare. What happened? Our guests: New York Times reporter Jason DeParle, who covers poverty, and Michael Reisch, one of the nation's leading experts in social welfare systems and the Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at the University of Maryland School of Social Work.