HUNGER

We check out Gardening the Community to see initiatives to increase access to social services for people in need, see how Hampshire Next is seeking to preserve some of the mission of Hampshire College ahead of its closure, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We visit the Hilltown 6 pottery studios before their workshops and open house, take a tour of the Amherst Survival Center, and explore the difference between "wrack" and "rack" with the Word Nerd.

another aspect of that Big Beautiful Bill is shifting the cost of SNAP onto states, if they can't keep their error rate below 6%. Massachusetts is hovering around 14%. And an under-resourced DTA is more likely to make mistakes.

We talk to author and gerrymandering expert David Daley about recent Supreme Court decisions, find out about Rachel's Table's Outrun Hunger 5k run, and chat with Mr. Universe about UAPs.

The 6th Annual Massachusetts Food Access Report finds that food insecurity has doubled since 2019

The so-called Bright Act, is a $3 billion bond bill aiming to put at least $2.5 billion of that back into campuses across Massachusetts.

Today on The Rundown, we discuss rising need for food assistance, Rep. Jim McGovern's accusations that Veterans Administration chaplains are facing censorship and how a Berkshire community hopes to improve drinking water quality.

We check in before the 22nd annual Hot Chocolate Run, see how Resilient Valley is strengthening western Mass. food ways and discuss facts of life with Mr. Universe.

We wrap up the 16th annual March for the Food Bank with conversations from the first-ever Berkshires Mini March, words from Gov. Maura Healey and other ways to support the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

We keep up with Monte Belmonte and marchers as the 16th annual March for the Food Bank continues on to Greenfield, Massachusetts.