United States

Food aid showdown in U.S. Congress

by Claire Luke Devex May 7, 2015

The Global Food Security Act of 2015 is looking for another shot in the U.S. Senate, but some insiders have speculated the bill could get tangled with efforts to reform other long-embattled U.S. policies around food aid....

Safety net does more to ease poverty than previously thought, new study finds

by Greg Sargent Washington Post May 6, 2015

The Baltimore riots have re-ignited the ideological wars over the efficacy of government spending to alleviate poverty, with Republicans who want to slash the budget seizing on images of urban chaos to argue that federal anti-poverty policy has been ...

Strikers put up a barrier on the road into the labor camp ot Sakuma Brothers Farms in Burlington, Wash..

These things can change: wages and working conditions in agriculture

by David Bacon Dollars and Sense April 30, 2015

In 2013, Rosario Ventura and her husband Isidro Silva were strikers at Sakuma Brothers Farms in Burlington, Wash. In the course of three months in 2013, over 250 workers walked out of the fields several times, as their anger grew over their wages and...

1.5 million missing black men

by Justin Wolfers, David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy New York Times April 20, 2015

In New York, almost 120,000 black men between the ages of 25 and 54 are missing from everyday life. In Chicago, 45,000 are, and more than 30,000 are missing in Philadelphia. Across the South — from North Charleston, S.C., through Georgia, Alabama a...

New Kansas rules would limit spending of welfare benefits

by John Hanna AP/Washington Post April 16, 2015

See Report...

  • 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.