Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily

School meal debt has been rising. Now, changes to SNAP and Medicaid could reduce automatic eligibility for free and reduced price meals. How are schools responding to prevent hunger and save their budgets?
Also: today’s stories, including how the demise of USAID has fractured communities, how a female Hindu priest is defying norms, and how the end of Assad’s leadership allows Syrians to read previously banned books.
Join the Monitor's Ira Porter for today's news.