Politics Nov 06 Colorado voters will decide whether all public school students get a free lunch By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio, Ivy Winfrey, NPR
World Oct 22 Floods in West and Central Africa destroy crops, worsening hunger outlook Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding have affected 5 million people this year in 19 countries across West and Central Africa, according to a new U.N. World Food Program situation report. By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press
World Oct 02 Hunger soars in eastern Congo after months of fighting between rebels, army Hunger is soaring across parts of Congo’s war-torn North Kivu province where the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers has been raging since November, according to aid workers, civilians and health workers. By Sam Mednick, Associated Press
Health Sep 28 Watch 7:41 Sen. Cory Booker on Pres. Biden’s plan to improve nutrition, end hunger by 2030 President Biden unveiled a series of proposals to try and end hunger by 2030, expand nutritional assistance and reduce obesity. The plan calls for more free school meals, new labels on food and would have the government offer medically tailored… By William Brangham
Politics Sep 28 WATCH: White House addresses Biden’s reference to late congresswoman at hunger summit White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later said Rep. Jackie Walorski was “top of mind” to Biden when he called out “Where's Jackie?” during his remarks at a hunger conference Wednesday. By Associated Press
Sep 28 WATCH: Biden calls on Congress to reinstate expanded child tax credit to end hunger by 2030 By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press President Joe Biden is hosting a conference on hunger, nutrition and health, the first by the White House since 1969 during the Nixon administration. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 5:12 News Wrap: Voting in Russian-held areas of Ukraine concludes, pipeline leaks in Baltic Sea In our news wrap Tuesday, voting orchestrated by the Kremlin and rejected by most other countries concluded in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine, natural gas leaks along Russian pipelines in the Baltic Sea trigger questions of possible sabotage and the U.S. Continue watching
Sep 27 Biden administration lays out strategy to end hunger in the U.S. By Colleen Long, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press The Biden administration has an ambitious goal for America: ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 10:01 USAID’s Samantha Power discusses global food security amid the Ukraine crisis By Nick Schifrin The war in Ukraine has exacerbated a global food crisis with hundreds of millions of people going to bed hungry every night. A recent UN-brokered deal with Russia and Ukraine to allow Ukrainian grain to leave the Black Sea is… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 5:16 How a Russian veto in the UN Security Council could threaten aid to war-torn Syria By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi The fate of the last remaining humanitarian aid route between Turkey and rebel-controlled northwest Syria hangs in the balance as a decision on keeping it open comes up for a vote at the UN Security Council. Moscow could veto the… Continue watching