Across the United States, millions of working-class Americans are facing an uncertain November. For them, the impending suspension of food assistance is not an abstract budgetary dispute but a question of survival. The food on their tables, already modest, may soon disappear because political leaders have allowed governance to devolve into a game of brinkmanship. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme, or SNAP, is one of the country’s most essential social lifelines.

It supports more than 40 million Americans ~ many of whom work full-time but still cannot afford to feed their families adequately. Yet, as the political stalemate in Washington drags on, funding for this critical programme is set to lapse. The result is a man-made hunger crisis in one of the richest nations on Earth. Behind the statistics are real lives – single mothers, recovering addicts, the elderly, and the........

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