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The hunger wars in our future: heat, drought, rising food costs and global unrest
The Great Drought of 2012 has yet to come to an end, but we already know that its consequences will be severe. With more than one-half of America's counties designated as drought disaster areas, the 2012 harvest of corn, soybeans, and other food staples is guaranteed to fall far short of predictions...
How to feed 9 billion people
In America’s heartland, farmers are making the agonizing decision to plow down cornfields that have succumbed to the worst drought in decades....
Wages aren’t stagnating, they’re plummeting
For workers in the 10th, 20th and 50th percentiles, median hourly wages haven't grown much at all since the early 1970s. ...
Corn for food, not fuel
IT is not often that a stroke of a pen can quickly undo the ravages of nature, but federal regulators now have an opportunity to do just that. Americans’ food budgets will be hit hard by the ongoing Midwestern drought, the worst since 1956. Food bills will rise and many farmers will go bust....
Poverty in America: Why can’t we end it?
RONALD REAGAN famously said, “We fought a war on poverty and poverty won.” With 46 million Americans — 15 percent of the population — now counted as poor, it’s tempting to think he may have been right....
Statement on divisive Foreign Policy piece
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Please, don’t send food: A new study suggests that food aid could actually prolong conflict rather than resolve it
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Forced labor on American shores
It is time to banish the idea that forced labor and sweatshop exploitation are problems of bygone eras or distant countries. These conditions exist within America’s borders....
Summertime hunger spike: There simply aren’t enough programs available to serve all the children who need them
Summertime can be a carefree, relaxing season filled with cookouts, backyard picnics, and trips to the ice cream truck....
As the world’s worst outbreak of cholera continues to ravage Haiti, international donors have averted their gaze
AS THE WORLD’S worst outbreak of cholera continues to ravage Haiti, international donors have averted their gaze....
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