Ahead of midterms, surging inflation could fuel child hunger

• Child food insecurity is an unwelcome reminder to voters just months before the midterms.
• As schools close for the summer, so does easy access to free breakfast and lunch programs.
• Congress last week approved an extension of pandemic-era universal school meal waivers.

Sam Sena, 61, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is retired now. But he still keeps himself busy, taking care of seven out of his nine grandkids. “You got, 16, 15, 13, 11,” Sena recalled before letting out an unsure laugh. “I want to say seven? Eight? And then two and a half. I got from the youngest to the oldest.”