United States

Neonicotinoids: A reason millions of bees are dying

by Terrence McCoy Washington Post July 10, 2014

It was one of those mysteries no one cracked for years but gripped many: What’s killing all the bees? In Brevard County, Fla., nearly 12 million bees expired in 2011 in a great dying of almost biblical proportions. Then came news last year that 37 ...

Breeder Alan Krivanek of Monsanto Corporation checks on tomato plants. Photo: Max Whittaker/Washington Post

Income gap, meet the longevity gap

by Annie Lowrey New York Times April 15, 2014

Fairfax County, Va., and McDowell County, W.Va., are separated by 350 miles, about a half-day’s drive. Traveling west from Fairfax County, the gated communities and bland architecture of military contractors give way to exurbs, then to farmland and...

Scott Newman, center, manager of the Boloco burrito restaurant in Concord, N.H., said the above-average pay enabled him to pick from among many talented job applicants. Photo: Andrea Morales/ New York Times

Paying employees to stay, not to go: Boloco and Shake Shack offer above average pay

by Steven Greenhouse and Stephanie Strom New York Times July 4, 2014

CONCORD, N.H. — Ben Nawn, a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire, says his friends who work at McDonald’s are envious of what he earns working for the Boloco burrito restaurant here....

The relationship between single mothers and poverty is not as simple as it seems

by Emily Badger Washington Post April 10, 2014

It's clear in America that family structure and poverty are intertwined: Nearly a third of households headed by single women live below the poverty line. And just six percent of families led by married couples are in the official ranks of the poor. P...

Veronica Maz was involved in the creation of the organizations So Others Might Eat, House of Ruth andMartha’s Table in the District. (Fred Sweets/The Washington Post)

Veronica Maz, helped start 3 DC social service agencies, dies at 89

by Adam Bernstein Washington Post July 1, 2014

On a wintry day in 1970, Georgetown University professor Veronica Maz took two of her sociology students to Washington’s skid row to see poverty close up. They talked to a few of the homeless people who were roasting chicken claws over fire barrels...

  • 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.