The shutdown is poised to deepen hunger in America — just as the Trump administration stopped tracking it - Investigate Midwest

The shutdown is poised to deepen hunger in America — just as the Trump administration stopped tracking it - Investigate Midwest

This story was originally published by Grist. The federal government shutdown is stretching into a second week with no end in sight. As Democrats and Republicans in Congress face a politically charged funding impasse, nutrition experts warn that women and children reliant on federal food assistance funding are particularly vulnerable to imminently losing their grocery benefits.  In the midst of it all, America’s ability to track the real-world i…