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More than 75 percent of school districts reported school lunch debt in the previous school year, and 40 percent say their debt is growing.

The Economic Research Service collects data on how many Americans lack access to food. When the agency moves to Kansas City, former employees say all of it could be lost.

Some local governments are hoping that, once dollar stores are banned, grocery stores will come to food deserts.

Critics of the USDA's new stocking standards say their opposition is about incentivizing retailers, not about penalizing people for what's in their grocery cart.

As more students search for their next meal, there's increasing demand for programs that go beyond the food pantry.

A new report finds that around half of all college students fear running out of food before having the money to buy more.

Research finds that paying for a universal basic income would likely mean cutting welfare, food stamps, and the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Advocates working to increase access to fruits and vegetables in America's food deserts report that the growing popularity of Double Up Food Bucks programs is helping curb the $160 billion spent on illnesses related to lack of healthy food.

The organization plan lays out dramatic changes to the federal government, including moving SNAP into a new Department of Health and Public Welfare.

An anti-SNAP campaign in Washington, D.C., and proposed legislation to reduce the social safety net are both feeding off well-worn myths around welfare recipients.

The Obama administration recently announced two new initiatives to reduce childhood food insecurity. Here's why that's a really, really good thing.

Hundreds of thousands of the poorest Americans will lose their food stamps this year. What will become of them?

Plus, more information on the healthy-eating gap between poorer and richer American families.

Millions have been spent on initiatives to eliminate food deserts, which are thought to contribute to the increasing incidence of diabetes and obesity in low-income areas. How are disadvantaged people faring in the middle of California, one of the nation's prime agricultural states?

A new report from The Sentencing Project assesses the damage of a Clinton-era policy.