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Ending Africa’s Hunger Ending Africa’s Hunger

Bill Gates's fortune is funding a new Green Revolution. But is that what Africans need?

Sep 2, 2009 / Feature / Raj Patel, Eric Holt-Gimenez, and Annie Shattuck

Food is Freedom Food is Freedom

To engage a broader audience, food-justice activists need to change their language.

Sep 2, 2009 / Feature / LaDonna Redmond

Detroit’s ‘Quiet Revolution’

Detroit’s ‘Quiet Revolution’ Detroit’s ‘Quiet Revolution’

How we came to see vacant lots not as blight but as opportunities to grow our own food.

Sep 2, 2009 / Feature / Grace Lee Boggs

An American Right to Food An American Right to Food

People are beginning to understand the connection between our stomachs and our common destiny.

Sep 2, 2009 / Feature / Dave Murphy

A Healthy Constitution A Healthy Constitution

School lunch reform is the best way to teach democratic values.

Sep 2, 2009 / Feature / Alice Waters

Why Cooking Matters Why Cooking Matters

The campaign for food democracy needs to start with boning knives and cast iron skillets.

Sep 2, 2009 / Feature / Dan Barber

How to Grow Democracy How to Grow Democracy

Five leading figures of this country's food movement reflect on how food democracy can be achieved, here and now.

Sep 2, 2009 / Feature / The Nation

By the Numbers By the Numbers

Rising healthcare costs are killing wage increases.

Sep 2, 2009 / David Cay Johnston

Slide Show: Farming Revival in Mississippi Slide Show: Farming Revival in Mississippi

A photo essay of Mileston, Mississippi, and the people involved in its Farmers' Market program.

Sep 2, 2009 / Photo Essay / Habiba Alcindor

Big Bucks for Bailout Barons Big Bucks for Bailout Barons

One year after the global banking system collapsed the Institute forPolicy Studies (IPS) 16th Annual Executive Excess report -- "America's Bailout Barons" -- shows that the perve...

Sep 2, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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