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UN Is Prioritizing Corporate Profiteers Over Global Hunger, Activists Say
The UN Food Systems Summit is facing fierce criticism for giving corporations an outsized role in framing its agenda.
Pandemic Fuels Global Hunger as More Than 2.5 Billion Lack Nutritious Food
A new report found about one-tenth of the global population were undernourished last year.
USDA Scraps Trump Effort to Take Food Benefits From More Than a Million People
The Trump-era policy would have imposed more draconian work requirements on SNAP recipients.
Some of the Wealthiest Counties in the US Have Seen the Biggest Rise in Hunger
Need is growing in places of plenty.
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.
Up to 12 Million Kids Live in Food-Insecure Households. COVID Bills Address It.
Food hardship has disproportionately affected households with children, especially Black and Latino households.
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.
Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis Worsened Amid COVID
Yemenis have been left battling war, disease and the effects of climate change on a shrinking aid budget.
54 Million Americans Are Projected to Be Food Insecure by End of Year
While every group has suffered in this pandemic year, race matters -- a lot -- when it comes to the degree of suffering.