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Laura Fritz, 27, left, with her daughter, Adalade Goudeseune, fills out a form at the Jefferson Action Center, an assistance center in the Denver suburb of Lakewood in July 2012. Fritz grew up in the Denver suburbs in a solidly middle class family, but she and her boyfriend, who has struggled to find work, are now relying on government assistance to cover food and $650 rent for their family. Photo: Kristen Wyatt/AP Millions of Americans live in extreme poverty. Here’s how they get by. Dylan Matthews Washington Post May 13, 2013 Supreme Court rules for Monsanto, says farmer violated genetically modified soybeans’ patent Robert Barnes Washington Post May 13, 2013 Farmer’s use of genetically modified soybeans grows into Supreme Court case Robert Barnes Washington Post February 9, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger
Working for hours on end under a punishing sun, the pickers are said to be crowded into squalid camps, driven without a break and even cheated of wages. Photo: Grant Blankenship/New York Times Workers claim race bias as farms rely on immigrants Ethan Bronner New York Times May 6, 2013 There may be millions more poor people in the US than you think Erin McClam NBC News May 3, 2013 Bolivia's president expels US aid agency Carlos Valdez and Frank Bajak Washington Post May 1, 2013
A section of a half-mile long concrete wall, six feet tall and a foot or so thick, now covered with murals, built in the 1940s is shown in Detroit, March 28, 2013. The wall was built with a simple aim—to separate blacks and whites. Detroit race wall located on Birwood Street that once separated whites and blacks now haven for art Jeff Karoub Associated Press/Huntington Post May 1, 2013
The world has changed, but 'our hallmark food assistance program has not,' USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah said. Photo: AP Proposal for changes in food aid sets off infighting in Congress Ron Nixon New York Times May 2, 2013 Kill the Food for Peace program? What a horrible idea from our own government! (opinion) Dan Shaughnessy World Hunger Education Service April 27, 2013 A food fight over Food for Peace David Rodgers Politico April 24, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on development assistance
A fisherman on the polluted waters of a small river within sight of the towers of Asunción, Paraguay. The economy grows side by side with persistent poverty. Photo: Tomas Munita/New York Times Boom times in Paraguay leave many behind Simon Romero New York Times April 24, 2013
Lonnie Briglia, 60, paused to compose himself as he told of the losing battle with the bank to save the family home in Port St. Lucie, Fla. “It's like life is a big doughnut and I fell through the hole,” he said. He’s inside the small trailer he bought for $750 after losing the family home to foreclosure, and he has been on the fence about whether he would take part in SNAP but said might do it if desperate. In Florida, a food-stamp recruiter deals with wrenching choices Eli Saslow Washington Post April 24, 2013 Photo gallery
A Tsimané family in front of their home in El Jatatal. Photo: Rafael Acuña/IPS Bolivan ranchers try to drive Tsimané indians off their land Rafael Acuña Coaquira Inter Press Service April 20, 2013
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Youth in Kenya’s Kibera slums carry crude weapons ready to fight youths from the rival side. Three people were killed in the January 2008 confrontation Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN The price of fear: In slums where killings, rape, kidnappings and other criminal violence are commonplace, say researchers, lives and livelihoods are hampered by a force that is tough to measure—fear IRIN News May 15, 2013 Humanitarian intervention in violence-hit slums—from whether to how IRIN News May 15, 2013 Why aid workers are targets Abby Stoddard The Globalist May 14, 2013 Humanitarian workers unprepared for decades of conflict, UNHCR warns Annie Kelly The Guardian April 30, 2013 Afghanistan - the world’s most dangerous place for aid workers IRIN News April 18, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on humanitarian assistance Helping aid workers build meaningful careers Anna Jefferys IRIN News May 13, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on humanitarian assistance
Women and children in front of burned houses in Baga, Nigeria, after as many as 200 civilians were killed in an assault that survivors blamed on soldiers. Photo: Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Massacre in Nigeria spurs outcry over military tactics Adam Nossiter New York Times April 29, 2013 2010-2012 Somalia famine 'killed 260,000 people' BBC News May 2, 2013 Pentagon deploys small number of troops to war-torn Mali Craig Whitlock Washington Post April 30, 2013
Rescue workers search for surviors of Bangladesh building collapse that killed over 300. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Some retailers rethink role in Bangladesh Steven Greenhouse New York Times May 1, 2013 Death toll rises in Bangladesh building collapse Julfikar Ali Manik, Steven Greenhouse and Jim Yardley New York Times April 25, 2013
Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished. Mothers and infants' lack of access to quality food can permanently damage the growth of the next generation. Photo: IRIN A unified approach to climate change and hunger IRIN News April 24, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on the environment and hunger
A slum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Wide dissatisfaction has followed the boom of the 1990s. Photo: Justin Mott/International Herald Tribune In hard times, open dissent and repression rise in Vietnam Thomas Fuller New York Times April 23, 2013
Donald R. Hopkins: Guinea Worm Slayer: Dr. Donald R. Hopkins reflects on how the prejudice he experienced growing up in the American South helped him communicate with the rural villages most affected by Guinea worm disease. Photo: New York Times Another scourge in his sights: guinea worm Donald G McNeil Jr New York Times April 22, 2013 See more nutrition and health stories China cracks down on anti-corruption activists Andrew Jacobs New York Times April 21, 2013 UNICEF report details the cost of malnutrition in children Associated Press New York Times April 15, 2013 See full report (pdf file) See more nutrition and health stories We must change global tax system to insure that poor countries get a fair share—OECD. OECD official says rich countries should demand transparency from multinationals and stop cash passing through tax havens. Marc Tran The Guardian April 5, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger Poorest countries lead the fight against malnutrition Institute of Development Studies April 11, 2013 See more nutrition and health stories Here's how lousy life is in North Korea Rick Newman US News and World Report April 12, 2012 See HN special report section: Harmful economic systems: obtaining income Filmmakers capture chaos after airstrikes in Syria Robert Mackey New York Times April 11, 2013 See HN special report section Harmful economic systems: Keeping people oppressed Check out Hunger Notes two new hunger posters: Don't be blind, world hunger exists [background picture of an eye] and Don't be blind, world hunger exists [background picture of an eyechart] designed by Kamaron Owens Virginia Commonwealth University [pdf files that may be printed and used by our readers]
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