The hunger industry: does charity put a Band-Aid on American inequality?

The pandemic has raised awareness of the US food insecurity crisis and highlighted the reliance on corporate food philanthropy

Graphics by Aliya Uteuova

Alyson Graham raised three children by juggling multiple jobs and making tough choices about what they should go without. For more than 20 years, she made weekly visits to a food pantry, before going to the store to supplement the free groceries using food stamps and whatever money she had left after paying rent and bills.

It was a struggle to put nutritious food on the table.

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