Ending the shutdown didn’t end the threat to health care, SNAP and LIHEAP

Prices and cutbacks leave food banks struggling nationwide

As the holiday season begins, food banks across the nation are still struggling to keep up with the need. That's partly fueled by the disruption in SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, but there will also be more restrictions and cutbacks coming. William Brangham reports.

Shutdown is over, but $187 billion in SNAP cuts threaten food aid for millions

After going dark for more than 40 days, causing anti-hunger programs to run out of money, the federal government is back open, and food benefits are being reinstated nationwide for low-income families. But there are still dark clouds on the horizon for the tens of millions of Americans who rely on the government to keep from going hungry. That’s because the bill that ended the longest government shutdown in history, won’t stop the $187 billion …

Ending the shutdown didn’t end the threat to health care, SNAP and LIHEAP

The worst, unfortunately, is yet to come from the Trump administration.

Ending the shutdown didn’t end the threat to health care, SNAP and LIHEAP

The worst, unfortunately, is yet to come from the Trump administration.