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Food Insecurity
More Afghans May Die From US Sanctions Than at the Hands of the Taliban
Conditions in Kabul hospitals are rapidly deteriorating, and food insecurity is rampant.
Trees and Crops Don’t Have to Compete. Climate Crisis Calls for Agroforestry.
Agroforestry holds the technical potential to sequester a significant percentage of total global emissions.Â
Not Everyone Is Feasting. Food Insecurity Is Much Higher Than Before COVID.
This is a crisis — magnified by the pandemic — not of food-production failures but of skyrocketing inequality.
Food Apartheid Threatens BIPOC Children’s Health. Food Sovereignty Is the Fix.
Food apartheid is just one way that racism enters our babies' bodies.
Afghans Are Facing Severe Economic and Food Crises Following Taliban Takeover
Withholding international support and maintaining blanket sanctions will only hurt the long-suffering Afghan people.
Report Shows Stimulus Checks Significantly Reduced Hardship for Families
The checks unanimously slammed by the GOP helped reduce financial instability by 45 percent, a new report finds.
Warren, Sanders Propose Permanently Expanding Food Stamps to College Students
The bill could help millions of students continue to access SNAP benefits beyond the pandemic.
Capitalist Economies Overproduce Food — But People Can’t Afford to Buy It
The pandemic has caused a spike in hunger because people are increasingly struggling to afford food.
Pandemic May Have Left 265 Million People With Acute Food Shortages in 2020
As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.
What If Free School Meals Became the Norm After the Pandemic Ends?
Advocates argue that a permanent free meal program in public schools would help eliminate child hunger.