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. The forum on economic human rights included testimony from scholars. 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.