The first of the month has always carried weight in Detroit. It’s the day bills get paid, groceries fill the refrigerator again, and mothers finally exhale.
This November, that day arrives with more uncertainty than relief.
The federal government’s decision to pause SNAP benefits beginning November 1 has left thousands of Michigan households bracing for empty cupboards. It is a policy failure with human consequences, and in Wayne County, those consequences have names, addresses, and children to feed…