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More Americans couldn't get enough to eat in 2020 – a change that hit the middle class hardest

  • Written by Zheng Tian, Postdoctoral Scholar, Penn State
More Americans couldn't get enough to eat in 2020 – a change that hit the middle class hardestMany Americans who lost their jobs when the coronavirus pandemic began sought donated food.Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Americans in households with annual incomes from $50,000 to $75,000 experienced the sharpest increase in food insufficiency when the...

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