Chelsea mom Iris Ivette Montufar gets a little over $400 each month in benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. Right now, she only has $30 left to support her and two of her children for November.

Cuts to federal food assistance and high grocery prices have heightened concerns about hunger in Massachusetts. Some Boston city councilors want to explore a possible solution: publicly owned grocery stores. 

Congressman Jake Auchincloss, a Newton native who served the city alongside Setti Warren, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to reflect on Warren's life and legacy.

Romy Neumark, an Israeli journalist and a lecturer at Harvard, explores the divide within the American Jewish community in the new podcast "My Home Fronts."

State Sen. Peter Durant joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss how local and national politics have aligned to produce the unusual partisan standoff in a high-stakes moment for food access.

Massachusetts Congresswoman Lori Trahan says the state does not have enough money in its rainy day fund to cover the food assistance program SNAP and other federal benefits that will cut off Saturday.

Kailera Therapeutics raised $600 million in a recent funding round for two new drugs to manage obesity.

The Boston Globe's Spotlight team found the operation mostly caught low-level offenders and people in the throes of addiction.

The goal is to mimic the natural features of the shorelines — enough to attract some sea creatures to make the wall their new home. So far, it's working.

Boston College Law School professor Ray Madoff says the wealthiest Americans are able to effectively opt out of paying taxes altogether.