Millions of Americans struggle with hunger ahead of midterms: report

LONDON, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- As U.S. voters prepare to head to the polls for elections of both houses of Congress in November, millions are struggling to feed themselves and their families, British newspaper The Guardian has reported.

There are signs, from census data, that food hardship could be getting worse than last year in the United States, according to the report. In 2021, more than 13 million households had trouble affording enough food, said the report on Wednesday, citing data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The U.S. Congress and President Joe Biden largely prevented hunger from getting worse during the pandemic with a series of stopgap measures, but several of these programs have ended this year, said the report.

Meanwhile, soaring inflation has made it even more difficult to afford groceries, leaving many food banks with empty shelves and hungry Americans wondering how to make ends meet, it said.