Kaya Axelsson wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Kaya is a co-founder of the Neighborhood Action Coalition, Communities of Resistance and a political science researcher at the University of Oxford. Follow her on Twitter @KayaAxelsson
New tracking finds SNAP enrollment has fallen by more than 4.5 million people since July 2025, and analysts warn states could soon owe roughly $9 billion a year.
That stretch of roughly 85 miles, widely known as "Cancer Alley," is home to dozens of refineries and chemical plants and to many predominantly Black communities.