This article first appeared on motherjones.com, March 9, 2015. By Tom Philpott The Dollar General in Austin’s gritty northeast - the neighborhood where I grew up - is a squat, warehouse-like structure about twice the size of a suburban convenience store. Amid the dull flicker of fluorescent lights and the grinding hum of a compressor [...]
This country needs to come to terms with our collective obligations as a civil society. There are not enough jobs for those who want to work and many of the jobs that our neighbors work at don't pay enough to support the basic needs of an individual, much less a family. McDonalds Corporation Corporation recently [...]
From John Sayles, Vermont Foodbank CEO: Please read "Obama's pledge to end childhood hunger by 2015 is struggling" by Alfred Lufrano of the Philadelphia Inquirer. This article summarizes the sad, but true, state of President Obama’s 2008 pledge to end childhood hunger by 2015. Even given adequate resources, it would be too late to leverage [...]
It is possible to end hunger in this country. The missing pieces of the puzzle are a wide recognition that hunger is a serious problem and an unconditional commitment to feed everyone. Fortunately, President Obama recognizes that hunger is a problem in this country. We need that same recognition from the Governors of all 50 [...]
