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Tag: food insecurity

Hunger crisis amid prosperity: 44 million Americans face food insecurity despite...

The juxtaposition of America's economic growth reports and the reality of widespread food insecurity shows an immediate need for a more inclusive approach to measuring prosperity.

Surging hunger in the US signals alarming trend as food aid...

As vital food aid programs expire, millions of Americans face rising hunger challenges, reveals Hunger Free America's 2023 National Hunger Survey Report.

Oxford study shows ‘heat can lead to food insecurity in a...

"Policymakers across sectors should consider how the socioeconomic links between heat, health, income, and food insecurity can be integrated into research, heat action plans, food programs, and labor regulations."

The US is taking a bite out of its food insecurity...

This increase in SNAP benefits would still not lead to a food-secure diet in many places because of high local food prices.

Ending food insecurity in Native communities means restoring land rights, handing...

“If we fed ourselves for thousands of years, I don’t know why we can’t feed ourselves now.”

How a Seattle neighborhood confronted food insecurity in the pandemic

Seattle’s square-mile neighborhood of South Park has turned its early pandemic community supports into a sustainable system tackling food insecurity.

Climate crisis will shift tropical rain belt and create food insecurity...

"We know that the rain belt shifts toward this heating, and that its northward movement in the Eastern Hemisphere is consistent with these expected impacts of climate change."

The collective shame of global hunger

An estimated 700 million people go hungry every day.

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Lancet study reveals Gaza death toll likely undercounted by 41% amid relentless Israeli assault

New analysis finds the human cost of Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza may be far higher than official reports indicate.