GET ME REWRITE: In Trump’s America, food pantries go from emergency to indispensable

 

Photo by Margaret Bourke-White (1937)

Headline:  New York Times, 10/18/2026

Audra D. S. Burch reports:

Rising grocery bills and dwindling federal food benefits — the first driven by tariffs and war, the second by government budget cuts enacted, in part, by President Trump’s signature tax-cut-and-spending law — are pushing struggling families to food pantries to help bridge the gap. [emphasis added]

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