(Relevant) In some data analysis that sounds like it came out of Les Miserables, the Washington Post reports that more Americans are stealing to survive, citing an uptick in the shoplifting of basic necessities like food, baby formula, diapers and hand sanitizer.
The evidence suggests that the brutal whirlpool of high unemployment brought on by the pandemic mixed with a sluggish and underwhelming government response has led to a hunger crisis in the U.S. not seen in decades. As a result, normally law-abiding Americans are turning to theft to survive.