Annemarie King is eating only once a day, and her husband, Randall, is picking up extra shifts at the drywall factory where he works. They are among the nearly 42 million Americans preparing for their food stamp benefits to run dry in November because of the ongoing government shutdown.

Mutual aid refers to reciprocal support networks of neighbors who promptly meet each other’s most pressing needs when existing systems fail to make them whole. They emphasize “solidarity” with each other as opposed to “charity” for another beneficiary.

West Virginia became the first state to implement a state-wide food stamp program in 1964, and now mountaineers across the state are losing that safety net.

Food pantries across the state posted urgent messages for extra donations, volunteers as 600,000 Coloradans stand to lose benefits

Workers with the Food Bank of the Rockies, which organizes monthly distributions at the site, said there were many new faces among the regulars.

In Florida, one in five children under age 18 doesn't have enough to eat, according to state data. “Statewide, this will affect a million children,” Treasure Coast Food Bank CEO Judith Cruz told TCPalm in April. On top of that, roughly 4 million ...