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Government and charitable actions likely kept millions of Americans out of food insecurity during the pandemic

  • Written by Craig Gundersen, Professor of Economics, Baylor University
Government and charitable actions likely kept millions of Americans out of food insecurity during the pandemicFamilies found themselves in need of food assistance during the pandemic.Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto

Despite the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the vulnerable in the United States, the percentage of Americans in food-insecure households held steady in 2020 at 10.5%, figures released on Sept. 8, 2021, show.

Although unchanged from 2019, the...

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