The fight to keep school lunch free has largely shifted in California, Colorado, and Maine. But as Bridget Huber explains in “Why universal free school meals matter,” published in collaboration with Mother Jones, in most of the country, cafeterias have returned to the status quo, where kids either pay full price for lunch or get it for a reduced price or for free, depending on their families’ annual income.

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