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Millions of Americans are facing a hunger cliff as food stamps are slashed: 'The poorer you are, the poorer you eat'
Millions of Americans are about to see their food stamps slashed. Some told Insider that that means…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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54 million Americans, including 18 million children, to be food insecure by the end of 2020, according to Feeding America
One in six Americans projected to be food insecure by the end of the year, according to Feeding Ame…
Naina Bhardwaj
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The Biden administration ramps up their effort to address hunger in America, relieving a burden on millions of Americans
The administration has so far authorized the largest children's summer feeding program in history a…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Food pantries say they may have to 'ration' goods as millions file for unemployment and food prices soar
The coronavirus crisis has exacerbated hunger. But food banks around the country cannot meet the ne…
Isaac Scher
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Rahm Emanuel says Trump's politics is 'his version of Hunger Games' where he pits 'American against American'
The former Chicago mayor slammed Trump's divisive rhetoric, saying on ABC that "Americans are exhau…
Inyoung Choi
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Facing hunger, some desperate Afghans are selling their kidneys for money
Five months into Taliban rule, Afghans tell Insider they've donated a kidney or dangerous amounts o…
Ali Latifi,Tamana Ayazi,Mujta…
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Republicans want to restore 'dignity' for millions of Americans on food stamps by cutting their benefits even more
Millions of Americans are already facing a hunger cliff as emergency food stamps are set to end. GO…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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Americans are comfort eating potato chips, popcorn, and pretzels as economic anxiety rises and recession looms
The salty snack market is continuing to grow despite rising prices and customers feeling the pinch …
Mary Hanbury
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Biden's child allowance helped feed 2 million kids in its first month
Parents now receive monthly checks from the government as part of the expanded Child Tax Credit. It…
Juliana Kaplan
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Asian Americans are the lowest represented group in politics. Rising stars reflect on the AAPI leaders who blazed a path forward.
Asian Americans represent 0.9% of all elected officials, but make up 6.1% of the country's populati…
Belle Lin
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Yemeni American activists are launching a hunger strike to demand an end to Yemen's 6-year civil war: 'They're no longer on the brink of it, they are in famine.'
"The world has just kind of been desensitized ... they just feel like this is so normal, but this i…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Here's how the ultrawealthy got even richer during the pandemic while millions of Americans faced job loss, hunger, and homelessness
Stock market gains over the past 6 months allowed America's wealthiest to get richer, while a growi…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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US hunger rates hit pandemic low following two rounds of direct stimulus
In its 2020 Household Pulse Survey, the Census Bureau found that 80% of Americans who had received …
Erin Snodgrass
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Democrats boast that their checks to parents pulled millions of children from poverty. But the program expired last year, erasing gains
The extended child tax credit lapsed in December. Some Democratic aides acknowledged it was hard to…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Kayla Ep…
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12 surprising things you didn't know about 'The Hunger Games'
From the casting decisions to where it was filmed, here are some interesting things you might not h…
Martha Sorren
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Congress created an actual safety net for Americans during the last crisis. Don't expect that to happen again.
"We were living like middle class people — and we felt like royalty, because it was so novel for us…
Juliana Kaplan
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The war in Ukraine is sending fertilizer prices through the roof. That could spark food shortages in countries already struggling with widespread hunger.
Fertilizer prices are up 42% since Russia invaded Ukraine. Higher prices risk higher food costs, ma…
Ben Winck
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Climate change protesters abandon 2-week hunger strike and swarm Sen. Joe Manchin's Maserati
With a banner that said, "Joe Manchin is burning our future for profit," over 100 protesters confro…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Millions of Americans are about to be forced to cut up to $258 a month out of their grocery budgets as emergency food stamps suddenly end in March
On average, SNAP recipients will lose $82 a month. With grocery prices high, that'll be a big blow …
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Kroger workers experienced hunger, homelessness, and couldn't pay their rent in 2021. Its CEO made $22 million the previous year.
The median worker pay at Kroger was $24,617 in 2021, researchers found, meaning the CEO made 909 ti…