Nina Bernacet

A woman picks out groceries and goods at the El Mercadito food pantry in Humboldt Park on Jan. 31.

Food pantry lines are as long as ever. New SNAP work requirements would hurt those facing hunger.

We in the emergency food system are committed to meeting the elevated need in our communities. But we need policymakers to simplify SNAP, not create more barriers as they try to make a debt ceiling deal, three food activists write.

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