There is a Hunger Crisis Growing Alongside the Pandemic

“Donald Bentley Food Pantry, 2405 Loch Raven Road, Baltimore, MD 21218” by Baltimore Heritage is marked with CC0 1.0

January 2nd, 2021. A teenager and his younger sister were checking out in front of me in the grocery store yesterday when their EBT card declined. Their basket had a handful of basic staples, all covered within the restrictions of government sponsored programs to help hungry families cover their monthly grocery bills. The silence that followed was heavy. The younger sister pulled on her…