When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call 'mutual aid'
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Kashish Ali shops for groceries before filling a One Love Community Fridge, Nov. 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)A person stocks their trolley with food from a One Love Community Fridge, Nov. 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)People take food from a One Love Community Fridge, Nov. 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)People take food from a One Love Community Fridge, Nov. 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)Kashish Ali and Elliott McKnight stock a One Love Community Fridge with food, Nov. 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)Yoly Nuez stands outside of Collective Focus Resource Hub, a mutual aid group in Brooklyn, New York, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Thalia Beaty)Georgina Edmonds stands outside of Collective Focus Resource Hub, a mutual aid group in Brooklyn, New York, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Thalia Beaty)
ADAM GRAY
Kashish Ali shops for groceries before filling a One Love Community Fridge, Nov. 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)