2005 United States

The tariff mismatch: purchasers' unseen penalty hits hardest on low-end items  Paul Blustein Washington Post December 11, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) See also Special Report on Trade Issues in 2005 (Last updated December 24, 2006)

Many young men are failing to achieve productive lives in the United States  Michael Gurian Washington Post December 4, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

The number of food insecure Americans rises in 2004 for the fifth straight year--to 38.2 million  Food Research and Action Center  October 28, 2005

Photo: Evelyn Nieves/The Washington Post.  Greg Hannah, a 38-year-old "junker" in Kermit, W.Va., gathers beer cans and other scrap metal to support himself and his 8-year-old son.

Scrapping for a living in West Virginia  Evelyn Nieves  Washington Post October 29, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

The economics of return: class, color may guide repopulation of New Orleans  Blaine Harden Washington Post October 19, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Ethnic pageants restyle the American beauty contest  Robertha Budy heard the insult when she was a little girl, and now, even at Georgia State University in Atlanta, she still hears it. "You're Liberian? Isn't that in Africa? You don't look like it. You're pretty." Darryl Fears Washington Post October 19, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

United States and the European Economic Union propose big agriculture subsidy cuts in an effort to get stalled Doha Round World Trade Organization trade talks moving  BBC News  October 10, 2005 (You will leave this site.)

Video game world gives peace a chance  Mike Musgrove  Washington Post October 16, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

U.S.--Brazil rift on cotton deepens: Brazil threatens WTO approved sanctions; U.S. threatens removal of Brazil's trade preferences  BBC News  October 7, 2005  The United States fails to comply with World Trade Organization requirement to reduce cotton subsidies; Brazil asks WTO sanctions, saying its small farmers are harmed  BBC News  September 23, 2005

Photo: Anonymous/Indymedia. Tens of thousands of people converged on Washington DC the weekend of September 22-25 to protest the war in Iraq, United States government policy toward poor people, and international financial policies and organizations. Pictured is a rally in Lafayette Park, across from the White House.

14 key myths about food aid and food-related nutrition programming Steve Hansch October 1, 2005 (pdf file)

The changing face of farm labor: Maryland dairy reflects growing importance of Latino immigrants  Fredrick Kunkle September 15, 2005  Washington Post (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Photo: Agence France-Presse  Drowned woman in New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina prompts awkward questions about race and poverty  Elinor Shields  BBC News September 4, 2005  Katrina exposes the "Third World" at home--victims are overwhelmingly poor. (Without cars, money or credit cards how were New Orleans poor people to evacuate? Is breaking into grocery stores in a disaster looting?)  Jim Lobe  InterPress Service  September 2, 2005

37 million U.S. citizens now live in poverty as poverty rate increases for fourth consecutive year  Hunger Notes  September 1, 2005

A jacket to die for? Lee Marshall seemed to gave turned a corner, but he wanted that $349 coat and paid a terrible price  Kevin Merida  Washington Post  August 14, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

The G8 "Commitments" on Africa: Mostly Hot Air with Little Substance  (Analysis) Charles Abugre August 3, 2005  Special report on development assistance. Hunger Notes  Last updated September 2, 2005  A page with various articles explaining development assistance including current developments.  U.S. Foreign Aid Explained  Lane Vanderslice  June 5, 2005.

The U.S. House of Representatives has narrowly approved the controversial Central American Free Trade Agreement, bringing the pact a step closer to law  BBC News  July 27, 2005 (You will leave this site.)

Job market in West Virginia defies efforts to reform welfare  Evelyn Nieves Washington Post  July 24, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

U.S. senators back Latin trade pact  BBC News July 1, 2005 (You will leave this site.)

U.S. Offers Food Aid to North Korea  Dafna Linzer  Washington Post June 23, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post

Richard Semmler, center, offers muscle as well as funds in contributing to the Habitat for Humanity mission.

Man Finds Fulfillment In Emptying His Pockets--His Charitable Contributions Near $770,000  Jacqueline L. Salmon  Washington Post June 11, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Feeding the Desire To Defeat Hunger Jacqueline L. Salmon Washington Post June 7, 2005 (You will leave this site.)

Bush Seeks More Aid for Church Anti-Poverty Groups; Others Face Uncertainty  Michael A. Fletcher  Washington Post May 17, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) Could Fall to Big Sugar      Steven Pearlstein Washington Post  May 11, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Special Report on Trade: Will the Doha Round of WTO Trade Negotiations, the  Ratification of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, Textile Quota Changes, the Reduction of Special Developing Country Trade Preferences and Other Important Developments Benefit Poor People in Developing Countries?  May 3, 2005

First U.S. Millennium Challenge Account Funds To Support Madagascar's Rural Growth and Ecosystem Preservation  March 17, 2005

Bush Administration Asks for Reduction in Large Cotton Subsidies, Against the Wishes of Cotton Farmers, a Key GOP Constituency  Dan Morgan   Washington Post  March 8, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

For Working Poor Priced Out of Housing,  Motel Becomes a Welcome Haven  Joshua Partlow Washington Post  February 7, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to regisnter [once] with the Post.)

Experts Urge Routine HIV Testing for Americans  Associated Press February 10, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Washington Post.)

Aid to Poorest Nations Trails Global Goal: U.S. Is a Top Donor After Disasters but Lags on Development Assistance Robin Wright  The Washington Post  January 15, 2004. (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Revised U.S. Diet Guidelines Urge Exercise  Sally Squires The Washington Post  January 13, 2004. (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

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