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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.

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

Immigrant workers picking Vidalla onions in a Georgia farm field.

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.

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  

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

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  

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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CURRENT EDITORIALS, OPINION, AND LETTERS

How social networks drive black unemployment Nancy DiTomaso New York Times May 5, 2013

Lives destroyed, dreams crushed, and cheap clothes Rev. Seamus P Finn Huffington Post April 29, 2013

Kill the Food for Peace program? What a  horrible idea from our own government!  Dan Shaughnessy World Hunger Education Service April 27, 2013

Ending world hunger is possible – so why hasn't it been done? Some 850 million people go to bed hungry. If the right decisions are made now, we can feed the world and address inequality Duncan Green The Guardian April 15, 2013  

The jobless trap Paul Krugman New York Times April 21, 2013

The kids are (not) all right—UNICEF report ranks US child welfare 26th of 29 rich countries Charles M Blow Washington Post April 18, 2013  See UNICEF report

US food aid: Take the local food movement global Washington Post April 18, 2013  A compelling reform of United States food aid Michael Gerson Washington Post April 15, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on development assistance

Helping the world’s poorest children requires radical reform Gordon Brown Washington Post April 17, 2013

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Dear Hunger Notes,
I am a student in Connecticut and for our service project (for the end of the year) we must get an interview of someone related to our cause that we are working to help. I have chosen the problem of world hunger, and for my essay, I was wondering if someone might be able to provide a short summary on what they think hunger is, how it has developed, and what everyone can do to help. If you don't do school interviews, that's totally fine!
Thank you, A.C.

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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

 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

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

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

African women holding children.  Photo: IRIN

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

Five people sitting outside in a slum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Wide dissatisfaction has followed the boom of the 1990s. Photo: Justin Mott/International Herald Tribune

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

Photo of a guinea worm preserved in a bottle

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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BOOKS
Killing with Kindness: Haiti, International Aid and NGOs Mark Schuller Reviewed by Beverly Bell Other Worlds are Possible March 5, 2013 

Detroit: An American Autopsy Charlie LeDuff Reviewed by Paul Clemens New York Times February 22, 2013

Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain  John Darwin Reviewed by Alex von Tunzelmann New York Times February 22, 2013

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