'Going to bed hungry': the harrowing reality of poor children living in DC

New study shows kids in District of Columbia are the most underprivileged in the country, facing daily threats of homelessness and food insecurity

A common refrain in America’s capital city goes something like this: there’s Washington, and then there’s DC. Washington is where Congress passes bills, tourists visit the White House and Donald Trump stars in a daily political soap opera.

But DC – the District of Columbia, in which the city sits – is where more than 700,000 people live. People go to work, families share meals and children go to school. And many of those children, living just a few miles from the US Capitol, are facing the daily threat of homelessness and food insecurity.

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