Tag: hunger
Hunger crisis amid prosperity: 44 million Americans face food insecurity despite...
The juxtaposition of America's economic growth reports and the reality of widespread food insecurity shows an immediate need for a more inclusive approach to measuring prosperity.
World ignores Sudan hunger crisis; 230,000 children and mothers could die...
“This is the largest sort of mass mortality crisis that we are facing in the world and the largest that we have probably faced for many decades.”
As 2-month-old starves to death in Gaza, Mosab Abu Toha says...
“Where is the mind of the people in the world? How could you let this happen?”
Gaza’s youngest bear the brunt: 1 in 10 children under 5...
The war has severely impacted Gaza's food supply, which was already reliant on imports and humanitarian aid.
Looming crisis: Millions at risk as WIC funding hangs in balance
With a crucial funding deadline looming, the fate of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) hangs in the balance, threatening vital aid for millions.
Gaza on the brink: Famine looms as crisis deepens
The World Food Program's chief economist, Arif Husain, points out that Gaza meets at least one of the criteria for famine.
Oxfam analysis says dangerous level of hunger could lead to famine...
The risk of famine is increasing each day as "the current situation of intense hostilities and restricted humanitarian access persists or worsens.”
Russia’s agricultural warfare
The decision to work with Ukraine on such a summit is likely more about Saudi anger over Putin’s recent decision to destroy the grain deal that facilitated the delivery of Ukrainian agricultural products to global markets.
Big Food raking in huge profits from price hikes as US...
"It's time Congress do more to rein in corporate greed, one of the main factors currently driving up costs for families."
Empty tables
Food is certainly plentiful in the United States. And yet enough of it never reaches the tables of those who struggle to make ends meet.
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GOP tucks $10 billion for voting restrictions into party-line Pentagon funding bill
The measure advanced on a near party-line vote just before lawmakers left Washington for a lengthy summer recess.
Kept in the dark: How Louisiana weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back
That stretch of roughly 85 miles, widely known as "Cancer Alley," is home to dozens of refineries and chemical plants and to many predominantly Black communities.
Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.
"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.
How technology is rewriting the way we write
As keyboards and touchscreens replace pens and pencils, the decline of handwriting raises questions about cognition, culture, and creativity.
EPA moves to reclassify Clean Air Act waivers
The Agency claimed that "California’s standards could impose costs on ports, shipping and supply chains," but Environmental groups and California regulators dispute that interpretation.