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Despite job losses and long lines at food banks, a vast expansion of federal aid kept food insecurity from growing last year, the government reported.

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 12:28 PM EST

When the pandemic began, experts feared that the country faced a looming hunger crisis. But bipartisan legislation offered billions in emergency aid, forestalling the expected rise in hunger that has accompanied past recessions and keeping levels of hardship flat.

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