THE NEW YORK TIMES: Excerpt: …Cutting SNAP will dramatically increase the pressure on food banks. Their pantries represent a model of decency, of coherent community efforts on behalf of people in need. Their offerings aid families suffering emergencies, but although they supplement SNAP, they don’t fill nearly as many stomachs. According to Feeding America, which oversees food banks across the country, SNAP provides nine times more food than all of its 200 food banks combined. Moreover, because SNAP money goes mainly to people who live in urgent need, the funds are quickly spent, injecting economic activity into local economies. Each $1 in SNAP benefits adds as much as $1.50 to the country’s gross domestic product, a helpful buffer during economic downturns and recessions. … Read the whole essay here. | Tracy Kidder | Mr. Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. He reported from Massachusetts. | Monday, July 14, 2025
Monday, July 14, 2025
A New Era of Hunger Has Begun
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Excerpt: …Cutting SNAP will dramatically increase the pressure on food banks. Their pantries represent a model of decency, of coherent community efforts on behalf of people in need. Their offerings aid families suffering emergencies, but although they supplement SNAP, they don’t fill nearly as many stomachs. According to Feeding America, which oversees food banks across the country, SNAP provides nine times more food than all of its 200 food banks combined. Moreover, because SNAP money goes mainly to people who live in urgent need, the funds are quickly spent, injecting economic activity into local economies. Each $1 in SNAP benefits adds as much as $1.50 to the country’s gross domestic product, a helpful buffer during economic downturns and recessions. … Read the whole essay here. | Tracy Kidder | Mr. Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. He reported from Massachusetts. | Monday, July 14, 2025