Hunger

Every Schoolchild Should Eat Free

Every Schoolchild Should Eat Free Every Schoolchild Should Eat Free

Full bellies lead to attentive minds.

Sep 26, 2024 / Bryce Covert

Volunteers fill boxes at a food distribution center.

Everyone Has the Right to Food Everyone Has the Right to Food

For a country that projects itself as the richest in the world, hunger remains hidden by design.

Mar 15, 2023 / Beverly Gologorsky

Mideast Bahrain US Military

Military Families Are Going Hungry While the Pentagon Budget Skyrockets Military Families Are Going Hungry While the Pentagon Budget Skyrockets

That hunger is an issue at all in a military so wildly well-funded by Congress should be a grim reminder of our country’s priorities.

Jan 18, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino

Ilhan Omar Knows Government Must Deliver Big Things

Ilhan Omar Knows Government Must Deliver Big Things Ilhan Omar Knows Government Must Deliver Big Things

Primary critics say she’s “polarizing,” but Omar has amassed a long list of accomplishments since her election to the House in 2018, starting with feeding the hungry.

Aug 8, 2022 / John Nichols

The Baby Formula Shortage Is a Preview of a Coming Food Crisis

The Baby Formula Shortage Is a Preview of a Coming Food Crisis The Baby Formula Shortage Is a Preview of a Coming Food Crisis

Unless governments transition off fossil fuels and limit global warming, food shortages and famine will become the norm.

Jun 6, 2022 / Liat Olenick

How Covid Revealed the Folly of Our Child Protection System

How Covid Revealed the Folly of Our Child Protection System How Covid Revealed the Folly of Our Child Protection System

Despite predictions of an epidemic of child abuse, the temporary shutdown of the child welfare system showed us the promise of a radically different approach.

Apr 29, 2022 / Dorothy Roberts

Afghan family prepares tea

Biden Is Fine With Mass Civilian Death Biden Is Fine With Mass Civilian Death

The hoarding of Afghanistan’s foreign reserves is a striking example of the administration’s capacity for brutality.

Feb 14, 2022 / Chris Gelardi

For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another

For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another

Since the West abandoned Afghanistan, the violence of the occupation has ended but hunger and the cruelties of the Taliban have taken its place.

Dec 29, 2021 / Ali M. Latifi

Covid-19 and the Nightmare of Food Insecurity

Covid-19 and the Nightmare of Food Insecurity Covid-19 and the Nightmare of Food Insecurity

In 2018, 4 percent of American adults reported not having enough food to eat. By July 2020, that figure hit 11 percent, and it will only increase as the pandemic worsens.

Dec 29, 2020 / Rajan Menon

To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger

To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger

Without intervention, world hunger will reach “biblical proportions” in 2021.

Dec 25, 2020 / Rep. Jim McGovern

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