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An 8-Year-Old Boy Paid Off the Lunch Debt for His Entire School by Selling Key Chains. CNN Food Stamp Change Would Hurt Kids, Educators and Advocates Testify. NBC News Nine U.S. Lawmakers Who Were Once on Food Stamps Ask Trump Not to Shrink Program. Reuters Putting Hunger Back On Our Policy Menu. The Hill We Tried to Find the Most Equal Place in America. It Got Complicated. Time Apps Help Volunteers Get Excess Food to the Hungry. Associated Press These 3 Apps Let You Help Feed the 37 Million Hungry Americans. Better Homes & Gardens
What Happened When a State Made Food Stamps Harder to Get. The New York Times As Joe Burrow Spoke of Hunger, His Hometown Felt the Lift. The New York Times USDA Proposes Allowing 'More Flexibility' in School Lunches. CNN Americans Waste $240 Billion in Food Each Year. U.S. News & World Report Feeding Change: An Ode to Volunteers on M.L.K. Day of Service. Thrive Global How a 2020 Census Undercount Would Hurt Efforts to Fight Poverty in Dallas for the Next Decade. The Dallas Morning News
When She Sees Children in Need, 'Just Bring Them In'. The New York Times Poverty is a Story About Us, Not Them. MSN How Forbes Picked America's Top Charities for 2019 - and What to Look for In Yours. Forbes New Data Show about 1 in 10 Adults Turns to Charitable Food Assistance. Urban Wire (Urban Institute) Getting Help, and Giving Back. The New York Times Heisman Winner's Speech Leads to over $370,000 in Donations for Families in Poverty. CNN At Food Pantries, Addressing the Needs of Women. The New York Times Here's What Most People Don't Know About 'Being on Food Stamps'. Huffpost
House will Vote Next Week to Prevent A Government Shutdown for Another Month. CNBC Their Lives Changed in an Instant. A Food Bank Helped them Recover. The New York Times Hunger Games. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Many U.S. Seniors are Going Hungry, Study Finds. U.S. News & World Report Trump Administration Proposes Third Food Benefit Cut. Yahoo! News Most Americans Think of Themselves as Middle Class. For Many, the Line Between A Stable Life and A Fragile One is Thinning. The New York Times This Charity is Feeding the Hungry and Helping the Planet by Rescuing Millions of Pounds of Leftover Food. CNN What Happens When New Supermarkets Open in Food Deserts? Not What You May Think. The Wall Street Journal Corporate CFOs in High Demand at Charities as Budgets Come Under Scrutiny. The Wall Street Journal Lending a Hand, in New York and Beyond. The New York Times California Plans to End 'Lunch Shaming' with a New Bill that Guarantees Meals for all Students. USA Today What if the Best Way to Alleviate Food Insecurity is to Help People Build their Credit Scores? The New Food Economy Food Insecurity Carries with it Social Stigma, but Help is Available if People are Willing to Take It. Newsweek Promise of an Empty Box: Mini-pantries Bring Free Food, Solidarity to U.S. Streets. Reuters
Fewer U.S. Households are Going Hungry. But Cuts in Food Aid Loom. NPR Proposed Changes to SHAP will Impact Some States More Than Others. U.S. News & World Report How did Food Stamps Begin? History Channel Meet the Woman Who Visited Every Feeding America Food Bank. Today Show Liev Schreiber, Leighton Meester and More Team Up to Help End Hunger in Feeding America PSA. People Feeding America Receives Anonymous $10M Gift to Support Military Families. The Hill Study Shows Income Gap Between Rick and Poor Keeps Growing, with Deadly Effects. The New York Times 9 Experts Predict What the Future of Food Will Look Like. Eatingwell Caught in the Crossfire of the Trump Administration's New SNAP Proposal: 500,000 Children. Health Affairs I Was a Low-Income College Student. Classes Weren't the Hard Part. The New York Times Alabama Restaurant Has No Prices on the Menu, Just a Box for Diners to Drop in any Amount They Want. Washington Post Weighing the Toll of Food Insecurity. U.S. News & World Report Feeding America Uses AI To Find the Face of Hunger. Ad Age Every Action Counts When It Comes To Hunger in America. Thrive Global Agriculture Department Flooded with Appeals to Stop Food Stamp Purge. The New York Times
500,000 Kids Could Lose Free School Lunch Under Trump Administration Proposal. USA Today The Cruel Farce of Cutting Food Stamps (Opinion). The New York Times USDA Buying Food from US Farmers as Food Pantries Struggle. Associated Press Delivering Healthy Options to Food Deserts. Next Avenue 5 States with Highest, Lowest Annual Healthcare Costs Associated with Food Insecurity. Becker's Hospital Review New Trump Food Stamp Rules Could Kick Entire Schools Off Free Meals. VICE News UN Climate Report: Change Land Use to Avoid A Hungry Future. Associated Press New Bipartisan Bill Simplifies Food Dates, Saving Perfectly Good Food. Forbes A Heartbreaking Choice for Moms: Food of a Family's Future (Opinion). The New York Times MealConnect Gains Ground, Adding 15 Food Banks. Food Bank News Why America is Failing to Feed Its Aging. Time Lunchtime is So Short in Some Public Schools, Students are Going Hungry. The Washington Post
Why Are Many of America's Military Families Going Hungry. NBC News Dollar Stores are Everywhere. That's A Problem for Poor Americans. CNN Many College Students are Too Poor to Eat. The Atlantic Millions Have Come Out of Poverty. It's A Reason to Hope. (Opinion). The Washington Post $15 Minimum Wage Would Bring Mixed Fortunes for U.S. Workers. The Wall Street Journal 'This Doesn't Look Like the Best Economy Ever': 40% of Americans Say They Still Struggle to Pay Bills. The Washington Post Fighting Food Waste With A Phone App. Kera News The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health is Widening. NPR How Would Trump's Food Stamp Plan Affect Low-Income Americans? PBS Newshour Food Stamps Vital to Constant Battle Against Hunger (Opinion). Orlando Sentinel 5 Ways You Can Help Your Community's Kids Eat This Summer. Redbook Pennsylvania School Lunch Debt Furor Ends with an Apology and an Announcement: Free Lunch for All. CNN