“Congress must follow suit and make this a reality for every child who calls America home,” said U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley. The Massachusetts Legislature on Monday approved a budget proposal that requires the state’s public schools to provide all K-12 students with free meals, making permanent a highly successful pandemic-era program. Maura Healey, the state’s Democratic governor, is expected […]
“What’s up with the GOP’s fetish for preventing hungry kids from getting fed?” asked Sen. John Fetterman. Progressive U.S. lawmakers said Thursday that they’ll do everything in their power to stop the Republican Party from achieving its stated goal of eliminating a school lunch program that serves low-income communities, which was included in a proposed […]
“In the richest country in the history of the world, every child that does not have enough to eat is a policy failure and a moral outrage,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, a co-sponsor of the Universal School Meals Program Act. Demanding an end to the “international embarrassment” of childhood hunger the the world’s wealthiest country, […]
“Let this serve as a reminder that poverty is a policy choice,” said one advocate. “In the richest country in the world, it is absolutely inexcusable that millions of our children go to school hungry because they are living in poverty.” Surrounded by students, teachers, and advocates, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday afternoon […]