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How many families waiting in line for this Food Bank distribution in April had children at home? The nation has a moral obligation to address child poverty, and that might be the most important element to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief package.
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VIDEO: Story behind the viral Express-News Food Bank photo

The image powerfully distilled the desperation felt by millions of Americans and went viral immediately.

By Marc Duvoisin

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Manessa Grady adjusts an oil lamp while spending time with her sons Zechariah, 8, left, and Noah, 9, at their home in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 16, 2021, which has been without power since early Monday morning. Millions of Texans have gone days without power and heat in freezing temperatures after a winter storm, putting lives at grave risk and leading to several deaths as people struggled to stay warm. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
LEFT IN THE DARK
LEFT IN THE DARK
VIDEO: Polar vortex was expected, the calamity wasn’t

The record-setting polar storm that cut our power and froze water lines was forecast days in advance, but key city leaders were never told to expect a calamity.

By Brian Chasnoff and Marina Starleaf Riker