United States

Don’t think Obama has reduced inequality? These numbers prove that he has

by Zachary A. Goldfarb Washington Post July 23, 2014

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Rising seas (photographs of vulnerable US and international locations)

by Coral Davenport and photographs by Kadir Van Lohuizen New York Times May 2, 2014

The low-lying islands of Kiribati, just a few feet above sea level, are on the front lines of climate change. Globally, sea levels have risen eight to 10 inches since 1880, but several studies show that trend accelerating. If carbon emissions continu...

The case for spider conservation: They keep pests from devouring humans’ food supply

by Brian Palmer Washington Post July 21, 2014

Wildly successful species of the Cenozoic era , which began about 65 million years ago — have trouble empathizing with polar bears, tropical frogs and dolphins as those animals sink toward extinction. A better way is to appeal to a human’s unstop...

Tammie Hagen-Noey, in her bedroom at a group home in Richmond, Va., earns $7.25 an hour at a local McDonald’s. Photo: Drew Angerer for The New York Times

Changed life of the poor: Better off but far behind

by Annie Lowerie New York Times April 30, 2014

WASHINGTON — Is a family with a car in the driveway, a flat-screen television and a computer with an Internet connection poor? Americans — even many of the poorest — enjoy a level of material abundance unthinkable just a generation or two ago. ...

Cash crops with dividends:Financiers buying up farmland and selling it in the form of securities to investors

by Alexandra Stevenson New York Times July 21, 2014

His boots were caked with mud when Thomas S. T. Gimbel, a longtime hedge fund executive, slipped in a strawberry patch. It was the plumpness of a strawberry that had distracted him....

Workers harvest tomatoes in a field owned by Pacific Tomato Growers, a partner in the Fair Food Program.Photo: Richard Perry/The New York Times. See slide show

In Florida tomato fields, a penny buys progress

by Steven Greenhouse New York Times April 24, 2014

IMMOKALEE, Fla. — Not long ago, Angelina Velasquez trudged to a parking lot at 5 each morning so a crew leader’s bus could drop her at the tomato fields by 6. She often waited there, unpaid — while the dew dried — until 10 a.m., when the work...

  • 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.