The hidden faces of hunger in America
Heather Thomas can count out the tragedies that pulled her family of eight into poverty. She and her husband lost their jobs and home, their small business folded, multiple relatives died and health crises pushed them into medical debt. “It just went from a drip to a flood very quickly. And we just lost it all,” Thomas recalled. “Food was really, really, really tight. My husband’s health, because of his…