How Did New Orleans’s Vietnamese Americans Recover After Katrina? How Did New Orleans’s Vietnamese Americans Recover After Katrina?
The community’s success is a model for solidarity across race and class in the face of natural disaster and political disenfranchisement.
Sep 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Food Cart Vendors Are Getting Kicked to the Curb Food Cart Vendors Are Getting Kicked to the Curb
Street food vendors square off with big business in a David and Goliath feud.
Jul 13, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Can the Foodie Trend Also Help Food Workers? Can the Foodie Trend Also Help Food Workers?
Los Angeles is trying to make good jobs vital to producing good food.
Nov 3, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Beating Monsanto in the Food Fight: Oregon Counties Vote to Ban GMO Crops Beating Monsanto in the Food Fight: Oregon Counties Vote to Ban GMO Crops
Local votes with national implications see farmers and allies prove the power of local democracy.
May 21, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
6 Ways to Avoid Eating Pesticide Residue 6 Ways to Avoid Eating Pesticide Residue
With regulation inadequate and children especially vulnerable, it makes sense for consumers to try to minimize exposure.
Mar 13, 2014 / Susan Freinkel
The Farmer Who Took on Corporate Globalization The Farmer Who Took on Corporate Globalization
Among the first challengers of the "free trade" fantasy were farmers, fisherfolk, peasants and indigenous peoples. John Kinsman was their comrade and champion.
Jan 27, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
South Korea: Ground Zero for Food Sovereignty and Community Resilience South Korea: Ground Zero for Food Sovereignty and Community Resilience
South Korea may be better known for its high-tech exports, but its small farmers are leading the way when it comes to food sovereignty and community agriculture.
Nov 14, 2013 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Foreign Policy In Focus, Christine Ahn, and Anders Riel Muller
Busting Food Myths for Two Generations Busting Food Myths for Two Generations
There may be no family in the history of the republic which has done more to promote culinary awareness, sustainability and food justice than the indefatigable Lappé clan.
Oct 21, 2013 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Wendell Berry’s Humanism and Wisdom for Our Times This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Wendell Berry’s Humanism and Wisdom for Our Times
This year's winner of the Roosevelt Institute’s Freedom Medal is as adept detailing the mechanics of a mine-triggered landslide as he is at critiquing the dangerous combi...
Oct 19, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way
The history of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers shows us just how much can be accomplished with savvy organizing at the grassroots and perseverance.
Oct 18, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann