Opinions

When states monitored their citizens we used to call them authoritarian. Now we think this is what keeps us safe

by Suzanne Moore The Guardian July 3, 2013

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Snowden: a whistleblower, not a spy

by The Guardian July 2, 2013

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The true deservers of a food prize

by Mark Bittman New York Times June 25, 2013

If Secretary of State John Kerry’s G.M.O.-boosting speech announcing the World Food Prize at the State Department last week is any indication of his ability to parse complicated issues,...

Black America shouldn’t give Obama a pass

by Courtland Milloy Washington Post June 5, 2013

I hope President Obama appreciates the grand bargain he’s getting from African Americans: unwavering support, stratospheric approval rating, muted exasperation when he disappoints, vociferous defense when he’s under attack....

The global plight of disabled children

by New York Times June 1, 2013

A United Nations report, “The State of the World’s Children,” underscores the moral bankruptcy of Senate Republicans who blocked ratification of a treaty to help disabled people around the world....

The ugly and destructive war on food stamps

by Paul Krugman New York Times May 30, 2013

Like many observers, I usually read reports about political goings-on with a sort of weary cynicism. Every once in a while, however, politicians do something so wrong, substantively and morally, that cynicism just won’t cut it; it’s time to get really angry instead. So it is with the ugly, destr...

Is it crazy to think we can eradicate poverty?

by Annie Lowery New York Times May 25, 2013

At a news conference during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in late April, Jim Yong Kim held up a piece of paper with the year “2030” scribbled on it in pen. ...

A is for avoidance of taxes

by New York Times May 25, 2013

Even before last week’s Senate hearing on Apple, it was clear that the aggressive use of tax havens and other tax avoidance tactics had become standard operating procedure for global American companies....

Breeding the nutrition out of our food

by Jo Robinson New York Times May 25, 2013

WE like the idea that food can be the answer to our ills, that if we eat nutritious foods we won’t need medicine or supplements. We have valued this notion for a long, long time. ...

The end of the perpetual war

by New York Times May 23, 2013

President Obama’s speech on Thursday was the most important statement on counterterrorism policy since the 2001 attacks, a momentous turning point in post-9/11 America....

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    For the past 50 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, that
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