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These photos show the staggering food bank lines across America

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The coronavirus is a rapidly developing news story, so some of the content in this article might be out of date. Check out our , and subscribe to the newsletter.Food banks across the United States are struggling amid droves of hungry Americans in need of a meal. And images from photographers around the country show the horrifying number of Americans lining up to receive food assistance.“We’re looking at an increase of 17.1 million people over the course of the next six months,” Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America,&nbsp;one of the country’s largest hunger-relief organizations,&nbsp;. Babineaux-Fontenot&nbsp;highlighted&nbsp;a 98 percent increase in demand for free food and Feeding America, expects to lose $1.4 billion trying to survive.In San Antonio, ten thousand cars waited at a food distribution point run by the San Antonio Food Bank. CEO Eric Cooper told NBC’s Hoda Kotb on the Today Show that the bank typically feeds about 60,000 people a week—it’s now about 120,000 people a week., the number of people lining up in Phoenix, Arizona has tripled. Across southern Arizona, it doubled. In Las Vegas, where demand is&nbsp;up by 30 percent, one of the largest food pantries has shuttered 170 out of 180 locations. In Massachusetts, food pantries increased distribution by 849 percent.Sheila Christopher, director of Hunger-Free Pennsylvania, told the Guardian that she’s “been in this business over 30 years, and nothing compares to what we’re seeing now.” Jennifer McLean, the CEO of NYC’s City Harvest, that the need they’re seeing now dwarfs other crises like Hurricane Sandy and even September 11th.But as more Americans find themselves relying on these organizations, those running these programs are facing the pandemic&nbsp;too. Dependent on volunteers, food banks across the country are coming up short on labor while people hunker down. In places like Washington state and Louisiana the National Guard has&nbsp;been called in to help with labor shortages. that many volunteer shifts have been canceled, because much of the labor that food banks rely on is comprised of retirees and senior citizens. To top it all off, Feeding America that they’ve seen a 64 percent decrease in donations.The images are almost apocalyptic, flashing by in the collage of pictures that populate the intro to a sci-fi film. They’re also becoming .Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox.Thank you for subscribing!By signing up, you agree to our and , and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners.Save big on a full year of investigations, ideas, and insights.Help Mother Jones' reporters dig deep with a tax-deductible donation.Inexpensive, too! Subscribe today and get a full year of Mother Jones for just $14.95.It's us but for your ears. Listen on Apple Podcasts.Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox.Thank you for subscribing!By signing up, you agree to our and , and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners.Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), and reader support makes up about two-thirds of our budget.We noticed you have an ad blocker on. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism?Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thank you for subscribing!

The coronavirus is a rapidly developing news story, so some of the content in this article might be out of date. Check out our , and subscribe to the newsletter.Food banks across the United States are struggling amid droves of hungry Americans in need of a meal. And images from photographers around the country show the horrifying number of Americans lining up to receive food assistance.“We’re looking at an increase of 17.1 million people over the course of the next six months,” Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America,&nbsp;one of the country’s largest hunger-relief...

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These photos show the staggering food bank lines across America

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