Feeding the Crisis: Care and Abandonment in America's Food Safety Net

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, is one of the most controversial forms of social welfare in the United States. Although it’s commonly believed that such federal programs have been cut back since the 1980s, Maggie Dickinson charts the dramatic expansion and reformulation of the food safety net in the twenty—first century. Today, receiving SNAP benefits is often tied to work requirements, which essentially subsidizes low—wage jobs. Excluded...