While we keep being told that the nation's economy is robust, inequities continue to widen. A key factor is the media industry's fixation on demographics. Perhaps that's a reason why the growth of the Hunger Class has been ignored politically. But there were also firsthand accounts of being hungry in America. I worked since I was 14 years old.
Mothers go hungry at night so their children can eat.
In the glazed-over eyes of editors in Washington, her words were not significant. Sometimes, I would psyche myself to a cup of tea and try to make myself feel as though I just ate a full-course meal even though I didn't. Sometimes, I would roll bread up into little dough balls to try to fill myself up. It gets to a point where you kind of get used to it. Till today, I can't eat no more than one meal a day.