United States

A protester held up a sign at a demonstration outside McDonald’s in Times Square in late November.  Photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Unionizing the bottom of the pay scale

by Eduardo Porter New York Times November 4, 2012

Other than poverty, José Carrillo and Joshua Williams have little in common. The austere life of Mr. Carrillo, a 79-year-old Peruvian immigrant from Washington Heights, is a universe apart from the hardscrabble reality of Mr. Williams, a 28-year-old...

Balancing act: Low-wage workers struggle to care for families, keep jobs

by Cindy Krischer Goodman Miami Herald October 29, 2012

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Shannon Hardin earns $10.90 an hour at her part-time job. “I can’t live on this,” she said. “It’s almost impossible.”  Photo:Sandy Huffaker/New York Times

The new American job: A part-time life as hours shrink and shift

by Steven Greenhouse New York Times October 27, 2012

SPRING VALLEY, Calif. — Since the Fresh & Easy grocery chain was founded five years ago, it has opened 150 stores in California and positioned itself as a hip, socially responsible company....

Standard of living is in the shadows as election issue

by David Leonhardt New York Times October 23, 2012

WASHINGTON — Taxes and government spending. Health care. Immigration. Financial regulation.They are the issues that have dominated the political debate in recent years and have played a prominent role in this presidential campaign. But in many ways...

Ohio pushes welfare recipients to find work and exit the system

by Mark Guarino Christian Science Monitor October 15, 2012

WARREN, OHIO — Karen Owens dreams of one day getting a job – perhaps becoming certified as a substance abuse counselor. But when a state welfare official told her she had to get a job immediately or risk losing her public assistance, her doctor r...

California’s Central Valley is our greatest food resource. So why are we treating it so badly?

by Mark Bittman New York Times October 10, 2012

I left Los Angeles at 4 in the morning, long before first light, and made it to Bakersfield — the land of oil derricks, lowriders and truck stops with Punjabi food — by 6. Ten minutes later, I was in the land of carrots....

  • World Hunger Education
    Service
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    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.