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Food Insecurity
May 15, 2023
Apocalypse Soon
Kate Aronoff
The U.S. Created This Migration Crisis. Here’s How to Fix It.
It doesn’t involve more border patrol. Instead, policymakers need to address climate change and decades of bad U.S. foreign policy.
January 27, 2023
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Grace Segers
A Nationwide Fight Over Food Insecurity Is Just Beginning
From a draconian new proposal in Iowa to farm bill deliberations in Washington, the ideological battles over food aid will soon kick off—and no one knows who will end up paying the price.
September 30, 2022
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Grace Segers
Biden Gives Anti-Hunger Advocates Reason for Hope
For the first time in 50 years, the White House held a conference to address the nationwide crises of hunger and food insecurity.
April 25, 2022
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Grace Segers
A “Hunger Cliff” Is Looming for Millions of Americans
As public health emergencies end, so do emergency allotments for households receiving vital nutrition benefits.
October 13, 2021
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Grace Segers
The Stubborn Persistence of Food Insecurity for American Families
New data from the Department of Agriculture suggests that families are increasingly losing access to nutritious meals.
October 8, 2021
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Grace Segers
Cory Booker Is Still Optimistic About The Senate, Despite—You Know—
Everything
The junior senator from New Jersey continues to believe in the power of interpersonal relationships in effecting policy.
September 1, 2020
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J.C. Pan
Rotting Produce, Vacant Luxury Apartments, and Fake Scarcity in a Pandemic
Leaving essentials like food and shelter to the whims of the market produces an extreme kind of disorganization.
August 11, 2020
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J.C. Pan
The Pandemic Is a Perfect Time to Soak the Rich
Democratic leaders are treating billionaires delicately in the hopes that they’ll relinquish their riches on their own. Bernie Sanders has a better idea.
July 14, 2020
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J.C. Pan
In Defense of Free Stuff During (and After) the Pandemic
The mass expansion of public goods is long past due, so pay people to stay home, give them free health care, and stop charging tuition.
July 10, 2020
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J.C. Pan
There’s No Such Thing as Pandemic Austerity for Billionaires
As families face food insecurity and homelessness, lobbyists, massive corporations, and the American war machine are living large.
March 13, 2020
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Karina Piser
Trump Is Cutting Food Stamps During a Pandemic
More than half a million SNAP recipients are on the edge of losing access to the crucial food safety net—just as they need it most.
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