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Commentary: ‘I’m starving’ means true hunger for too many in Chicago
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Household Food Security in the United States in 2018 by Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Matthew P. Rabbitt, Christian A. Gregory, and Anita Singh
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Aid groups need a major shake-up to meet the challenges of a fractured world by Simon O'Connell
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The Impact of Global Climate Change on World Hunger by William Chutney
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