This week on Consider This, unpacking some wild economic trends.
Families are having fewer kids, how that will ripple in the global economy,
plus the rise of private credit markets and the hidden risk they pose.
And we're breaking down the rise in health care costs tied to the government shutdown.
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Millions of Americans are worried about where they may get their next meal.
Food banks are seeing an immediate uptick in demand,
despite two judges' orders Friday that the Trump administration provide funding for the SNAP Food Assistance Program during the government shutdown.
From member station KQED in San Francisco, Dana Cronin reports.
Food banks here in the Bay Area are ramping up efforts in response to the hundreds of calls they say they've received so far from people seeking relief.
Caitlin Sly is the CEO of the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano.
She says it's unclear what happens next after the Trump administration was ordered to fund SNAP.
Either way, we're looking at at least a week,
probably more that are the hungry in our community are going to go without food.
Sly says her organization is opening additional distribution sites and deploying more food and personnel to meet the increased demand.
For NPR News, I'm Dana Cronin in San Francisco.
Former President Barack Obama is rallying Democrats ahead of Tuesday's off-year elections.
Obama campaigned in Virginia and in New Jersey Saturday on behalf of his party's gubernatorial nominees.
NPR's Sarah McCammon has more from Norfolk, Virginia.