Food insecurity

President Scrooge and His Dickensian Cabal

President Scrooge and His Dickensian Cabal President Scrooge and His Dickensian Cabal

The administration’s holiday greeting is a plan to slash food stamp benefits for roughly 700,000 unemployed Americans.

Dec 25, 2019 / John Nichols

Trump Just Dynamited the Food Stamp Program

Trump Just Dynamited the Food Stamp Program Trump Just Dynamited the Food Stamp Program

This man’s cruelty is boundless. He also just appointed as his homelessness czar a man who tried to get cities to ban charities from feeding the homeless.

Dec 6, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

Anti-Abortion Extremism Goes Full Psycho

Anti-Abortion Extremism Goes Full Psycho Anti-Abortion Extremism Goes Full Psycho

An Ohio House bill would require doctors to perform a procedure that is medically impossible—or face murder charges. Other bills just as nutty are being enacted across the country.

Dec 3, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

Lebron James

LeBron James’s Partnership With Walmart Sparks Criticism LeBron James’s Partnership With Walmart Sparks Criticism

The basketball superstar is trying to fight food insecurity alongside a corporation that aggravates that very problem.

May 24, 2019 / Dave Zirin

A homeless child

We Know How to Cut Child Poverty in Half. Will We Do It? We Know How to Cut Child Poverty in Half. Will We Do It?

A new report outlines how to help millions of US children living in poverty. 

Mar 5, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

Shopping at a food pantry in Indiana

Want to Eradicate Hunger in America? Take on Racism. Want to Eradicate Hunger in America? Take on Racism.

A new study found that people who experience discrimination are almost twice as likely as others to struggle with hunger.

Feb 4, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

Reverend Dr. Theoharis at rally

How the Poor People’s Campaign Is Building a ‘New Electorate’ How the Poor People’s Campaign Is Building a ‘New Electorate’

A conversation with Reverend Liz Theoharis on the campaign’s broad agenda for 2019.

Jan 21, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

Photos: Who Actually Benefits From Meals on Wheels?

Photos: Who Actually Benefits From Meals on Wheels? Photos: Who Actually Benefits From Meals on Wheels?

And why did the Trump administration think it was a good idea to cut funding for these vital programs?

Mar 30, 2018 / Photo Essay / Tracie Williams

Ralph's supermarket

How I Learned to Be Hungry How I Learned to Be Hungry

America’s nutrition conundrum can mean swinging between two extremes of bad eating.

Jan 30, 2018 / Donnell Alexander

Food Stamps Florida

41 Million Americans Are Food Insecure. Why Are the Media Ignoring Them? 41 Million Americans Are Food Insecure. Why Are the Media Ignoring Them?

Trump overwhelms the news, helping the robber-baron class more quietly pillage the country.

Oct 25, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

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