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  View in browser   BY  LISA KASHINSKY Presented by UPS ‘FOOD OUGHT TO BE A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT’ —  Rep. Jim McGovern believes that ending hunger can be a political unifier in a partisan era. Even still, it took him months of organizing with anti-hunger groups and pushing for buy-in from the Biden administration to get to where we are today: the first  White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health   in more than five decades. The Biden administration has a plan to end hunger by 2030  through  executive actions and policies   that include expanding access to federal nutrition assistance programs, getting the FDA to roll out voluntary nutrition guidance and increasing the number of students who can get free school meals. Some of those policies would require action from Congress — where extending school meal programs is already a fight, and where Democrats could lose control of one or both chambers in the midterms, complicating the...

  View in browser   BY  MYAH WARD Presented by With help from Joanne Kenen PRESSURE COOKER   — The looming possibility of a national rail strike is bad news for an already fragile economy. And it’s especially bad for Democrats. Democrats have scored some wins as of late, but an economic shock like this one — an industry estimate projects a railroad shutdown could cost $2 billion a day, threatening recovering U.S. supply chains — could put a big damper on the party’s rebounding November prospects. The Biden administration is well aware of this. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh have sprung into action to help avoid disaster, and  President Joe Biden has been working the phones  today, speaking directly with companies and unions. With Biden casting himself as the “most pro-union president ever,” it’s a tricky situation as the administration seeks a deal while also showing the White House stands behind workers. To break do...