You’ve heard for years that the French and Japanese are much thinner than Americans because their diets are so much better than ours. A new mathematical model assesses why that is and how much thinner Americans could be if they changed their eating habits.
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Living like a fugitive: The attempted killing of a famed Pakistani newsman is one example of a widespread backlash
The most famous television journalist in Pakistan lives like a fugitive. Hamid Mir tells no one where he is going, how he will get there or where he will spend the night.
Starvation as a product of war
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New York plans $15-an-hour minimum wage for fast food
The labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City began nearly three years ago has led to higher wages for workers all across the country. On Wednesday, it paid off for the people who started it.
Presidential candidates answer: How will you help the hungry and poor?
A Christian group against poverty and hunger called Circle of Protection has asked U.S. presidential candidates a simple question: “What would you do as president to offer help and opportunity to hungry and poor people in the United States and around the world?”
National push for $15 minimum wage hits home for U.S. Senate workers
Errol Baker left his job at the Washington Hilton in 2004 after 12 years to pursue what he thought would be a better life working at the U.S. Capitol.“I thought I was going to be working in a better environment,” he said. “I’d get to meet senators and congressmen and movie stars. I was very excited.”
Syria increasingly disintegrates in crucible of war
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria is falling apart, as warring groups carve it into de facto fiefs, and it is increasingly hard to see how its disintegration can be reversed.
The worst atrocity you have never heard of
The ethnic cleansing unfolding in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan doesn’t get much coverage. But once you’ve witnessed it, says Nicholas Kristof, it will haunt you.
The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance calls churches and individuals to join in a world-wide “zero hunger” challenge
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), an initiative of the World Council of Churches (WCC), is calling churches and individuals to join in a world-wide “zero hunger” challenge.
An additional $160 per year for each person living in extreme poverty over a 15 year period will end chronic hunger, new UN estimates show
Eradicating world hunger sustainably by 2030 will require an estimated additional $267 billion per year on average for investments in rural and urban areas and in social protection, so poor people have access to food and can improve their livelihoods, a new UN report says. This would average $160 annually for each person living in extreme poverty over the 15 year period.
