From Charity to Justice: Defeating Hunger and Poverty
I used to think about charity the way I thought about superheroes. Charity nobly swoops…
Vox: “No, Poor People Don’t Eat More Junk Food Than Everyone Else”
New data debunks the assumption that low-income individuals eat more fast, unhealthy food than other socioeconomic groups. Turns out the guilty pleasure of fast food is shared across the income spectrum, from rich to poor. Read on to see the research and some solutions.
Partner Talk: How They Deal With The Impact Of Stress In Their Communities
For this quarter’s issue of the Nourishing Change newsletter, we are highlighting issues, stories and…
Huffington Post: “How Welfare’s Work Requirements Can Deepen and Prolong Poverty”
People who are eligible for a federal, time-limited welfare program for very low-income families must be working or looking for work, a feature the Trump administration and other politicians want to spread to Medicaid and other similar programs that support low-income Americans. But do “work requirements” actually work? Read on to learn about Rose’s story and how the latest research shows that these requirements often do more harm than good!
What We’re Reading: Article RoundUp
At WhyHunger we know it’s important to stay critically informed on the issues related to…
Mother Jones: “Simply Drinking Water Shouldn’t Be This Dangerous”
Learn what Flint, MI and Pittsburgh, PA have in common when it comes to tainted water and public health, as a Pittsburgh report surfaces that criticizes the health department for downplaying the extent of lead exposure in the area and issuing “misleading” statements to the public.
Falling Expectations: The Ongoing Campaign Against American Workers
This post originally appeared in The Huffington Post. There was a time, not so long…
Free the Land, and Us, Too! Agroecology and Popular Struggle: Building an ‘Agrarian’ Intersectional Movement
This is the final article of the series “People’s Agroecology,”written by Blain Snipstal, a farmer…
Hunger Is Spotlight: Northern Illinois Food Bank Fights Childhood Hunger & Video
Hunger Is, a joint charitable program of the Albertsons Companies Foundation and the Entertainment Industry…
Agroecology Infographic
What is Agroecology? Why do we need it? This handy infographic breaks down the basic…
