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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | U.S. Hunger on the Rise | PBS

Duration: 04:03
Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly #1312
Broadcast Date: Nov. 20, 2009

New government reports show that hunger is on the rise in the US. Forty-nine million Americans struggled to put food on the table this past year—that's an increase of 13 million—and a record number of Americans, 36 million, now receive food stamp assistance.

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