Tens of millions of people go to sleep hungry in America each year : NPR
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 2, 2022
Heather Thomas browses the aisles of the Western Fairfax Christian Ministries food pantry in Chantilly, Va., last month.
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Heather Thomas can count out the tragedies that pulled her family of eight into poverty. She and her husband lost their jobs and home, their small business folded, multiple relatives died and health crises pushed them into medical debt . . .