(THE CONVERSATION) The 2025 government shutdown drew widespread attention to how many Americans struggle to get enough food. For 43 days, the more than 42 million Americans who receive Supplemental ...
FILE - Jaqueline Benitez, who depends on SNAP benefits to help pay for food, shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., in February 2023. More than a million Massachusetts residents ...