Last year's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" introduced massive cuts to SNAP, cutting $186 billion in food assistance over the next 10 years.

Tracing the history of SNAP reveals how the narrative about people experiencing hunger changes over time. Justine Post writes that only by understanding these narrative shifts can we begin to create a new narrative — one that shifts the blame and shame around food insecurity away from hungry individuals and instead demands systemic change in our current food system. Read now in LIVING ROOTS at the link in bio.