Opinions

The 300 billionth burger

by Nancy Folbre New York Times July 22, 2013

In his autobiography, “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s,” Ray Kroc described the company he built as “my personal monument to capitalism.”...

Our coming food crisis

by Gary Paul Nabhan New York Times July 21, 2013

TUCSON, Ariz. — THIS summer the tiny town of Furnace Creek, Calif., may once again grace the nation’s front pages. Situated in Death Valley, it last made news in 1913, when it set the record for the world’s hottest recorded temperature, at 134 degrees....

Hired gun fight: Obama’s aid chief takes on the development-industrial complex

by John Norris Foreign Policy July 18, 2013

Pagr Not Found...

Hunger Games, USA

by Paul Krugman New York Times July 14, 2013

Something terrible has happened to the soul of the Republican Party. We’ve gone beyond bad economic doctrine. We’ve even gone beyond selfishness and special interests. At this point we’re talking about a state of mind that takes positive glee in inflicting further suffering on the already mise...

Snowden: a whistleblower, not a spy

by The Guardian July 2, 2013

See Report...

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...

  • World Hunger Education
    Service
    P.O. Box 29015
    Washington, D.C. 20017
  • 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
    • Educate the general public and target groups about the extent and causes of hunger and malnutrition in the United States and the world
    • Advance comprehension which integrates ethical, religious, social, economic, political, and scientific perspectives on the world food problem
    • Facilitate communication and networking among those who are working for solutions
    • Promote individual and collective commitments to sustainable hunger solutions.