Workers and volunteers hand out food to people at La Colaborativa's food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Nov 15. The pantry assists thousands in need every week in the area. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The clapboard house sits off a gravel road on the outskirts of town, partly hidden behind a fence and a heaping pile of trash. Here, amid grassland that stretches for miles, ...