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Hello and welcome to Behind the News.

My name is Doug Henrywood, the highly traditional pair of guests today,

traditional describing the population count, not the guests themselves.

Sarah Goldrich Raubel talked about hunger among college students,

and David Broder will talk about the reputation buffing Italy's far right Prime Minister,

Georgia Maloney, has enjoyed, on the occasion of her visit with Joe Biden last week.

We've long heard a lot about student debt now at $1.8 trillion, according to Federal Reserve,

which is half a trillion more than all the credit card debt outstanding.

What's gotten less attention are the economic challenges that students face well in college,

notably getting enough to eat and keeping a roof over their heads.

My next guest has been studying this topic for about 20 years.

Sarah Goldrich Raub is a sociologist and independent consultant based in Philadelphia.

She's the founder of the Hope Center for Community and Justice.

The number she comes up with are disturbing.

For example, one in four undergraduates and one in eight graduate students face food insecurity.

That's worth considering at a time when a study by opportunity insights

that focused on entry to very elite colleges has attracted so much media attention.

Going to Yale is a very pleasant luxury I speak from experience,

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