Peter Mann reports on the emerging but often ignored water crisis.

To celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday, we asked mothers working in food justice how motherhood has impacted their work. We got so many responses that we’re splitting them into a two-part series. Happy Mother’s Day! JOANN LO, Food Chain Workers Alliance Has being a mother affected your approach to and perspective of your work? In what way? I think becoming a

A man enjoys a meal at Yorkville Common Pantry in NYC before going to work. Photo by Diane Bondareff. In his State of the Union address earlier this year, President Obama called for Congress to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour. Despite a recent survey by the Pew Center Research Center showing that three-quarters of

The New York Food Policy Center interviews Beatriz Beckford, the Grassroots Action Network Manager at WhyHunger. This post originally appeared on the New York Food Policy Center website. Beatriz and her son. Beatriz Beckford is the Grassroots Action Network Manager for WhyHunger, a leader in building the movement to end hunger and poverty by connecting people to nutritious, affordable food