A Look Back: 2018 Impacts
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Highlighted Blogs
The Last Government Shutdown Sent Some Federal Employees to Food Banks. But 46 Million Americans Face Hunger Year-Round-Shutdown Or No
Border security negotiations begin anew this week in an effort to avoid shutdown 2.0. But…
Hunger On College Campuses: Why Are Students In America Going To Class On An Empty Stomach?
It is part of the Hollywood version of the American college experience, to be a…
Emergency Support Needed As Community Organizations Rebuild After Devastating Dam Collapse In Brazil
All photos courtesy of Ricardo Stuckert On January 25th, a dam collapsed in southeastern Brazil…
Life Under The Dictatorship vs. Life Under Sandinismo
WhyHunger was part of a recent delegation organized by Friends of the ATC (Farmworkers Union)….
Facing the Shutdown: An Interview with Shatimah Brathwaite
Co-written by Colin Lawton, Communications Manager of WhyHunger & Alison Cohen, Senior Director of WhyHunger…
At a Crossroads in the UK: Can charity and social justice co-exist in the response to food poverty? By Alison Cohen
By Alison Cohen, Senior Director of Programs, WhyHunger “In the past five years in the…
Hungerthon Raises $1 Million
WhyHunger announced today that its annual Hungerthon campaign raised over $1 million for the third…
Historic Moment! United Nations General Assembly Adopts the Declaration on the Rights to Peasants
Reported by Alison Cohen and Colin Lawton For the past 2 months, #PeasantRightsNow has been…
Food Insecurity: A Denial of Human Rights
This Op-ed by Alison Cohen and Emily Mattheisen was first published by The Hill. As the…