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Please read this article about food banks and hunger in Western Mass, and how Trump's cuts to safety net programs will hurt millions of people:

America is Unraveling Its Safety Net

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion/america-safety-net.html?unlocked_article_code=1.p08.Ns_L.eOcLlX3TPu-p&smid=url-share

"The number of families served by the center [in Easthampton] has risen to more than 5,000 a month from about 1,000 before the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year, Ms. Bialecki and her volunteers distributed 2.5 million pounds of food at the center and nearby places like a homeless encampment. Now, dozens of new families arrive every week, and Ms. Bialecki tries to calm panicky clients who ask her what President Trump's domestic policy law will mean for them. Recently, one of the regulars, an older woman, grabbed Ms. Bialecki by the shoulders, shaking her and saying: "We depend on you! And you're not going to have enough food!""

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"Political conservatives have long disliked SNAP. Many of them argue that it's poorly run and discourages Americans from providing for themselves. And yet the need for SNAP is obvious, dire and nationwide. There is no county in America, no matter how wealthy, where the only hungry people are those on diets. The most recent data available estimates that 47.4 million Americans suffered from the threat of hunger at some point in 2023. Among these people, 13.8 million were children. Almost seven million households experienced what's referred to as very low food security, meaning they sometimes had to go without a meal, or even a day's worth of meals, and often didn't know where their next meal was coming from. Disproportionate percentages of Black and Latino Americans shared in the misery."