"Driving through #Arizona on a Sat morning, I saw a line of cars nearly a mile long stopped along a high-desert highway. I slowed, thinking there had been an accident. Then I realized:🚨all of those people were waiting in line for #food.
Weeks later, I went back to try to understand what was going on:🚨Going Hungry in Trump’s #Economy. The pres said the “American dream is back.” Rural Arizonans don’t think so.
#Hunger in America‼️
#VoteBlue
#Elections #Trump #ETTD #USPol
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/10/arizona-voters-trump-economy-midterms/688980/?gift=1kKFXHB1k0faCJG2EmsEow9TXkehxj4Lt
Kim Perales
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