life-on-the-dole

Life on the Dole: "Guess What, Assholes?" 

Hamilton Nolan · 07/16/15 11:50AM

For the past few months, we have been bringing you true stories of Americans who receive welfare, food stamps, and other public benefits. Today we bring you our tenth and final installment of what it’s really like surviving on public generosity. These are worth reading.

Life on the Dole: "It Sucks to Suck"

Hamilton Nolan · 06/19/15 11:10AM

Even as the great recession recedes from memory, economic inequality in America widens and the class war rages on. We are bringing you true stories of people who have received welfare, food stamps, and other public benefits. Here is what it is like.

Life on the Dole: "Immersed in Lack"

Hamilton Nolan · 06/05/15 10:35AM

We are bringing you true stories from Americans who receive welfare, food stamps, and other anti-poverty benefits. Before you consider voting for a politician who would restrict these benefits, consider what life on the dole is actually like.

Life on the Dole: Let's Talk About Bootstraps

Hamilton Nolan · 05/05/15 02:05PM

Access to food stamps and other government anti-poverty programs is often used as a political football. This amounts to playing with human lives. Each week, we are bringing you true stories from Americans who receive public assistance. Here are your fellow citizens speaking about their own lives.

True Stories of Life on the Dole

Hamilton Nolan · 04/15/15 01:32PM

Across America, there is a significant political movement to restrict access to food stamps and other government aid programs for the poor. Earlier this week, we asked those of you who receive public assistance to send us your stories. The results have been overwhelming.