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Groups unite to urge US to extend food aid to schoolchildren

by Associated Press
| July 30, 2020 7:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A high-profile coalition of educators, activists and philanthropists — including the American Federation of Teachers, the NAACP and the charity World Central Kitchen — is urging Congress to extend and expand emergency provisions that allow school districts nationwide to feed millions of children during the coronavirus pandemic.

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