Sep 28 Watch 7:41 Sen. Cory Booker on Pres. Biden’s plan to improve nutrition, end hunger by 2030 By William Brangham 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… Continue watching
Sep 28 WATCH: White House addresses Biden’s reference to late congresswoman at hunger summit By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
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
May 27 African leaders gather for summit to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent By Sam Mednick, Associated Press African leaders have gathered for a summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent, which is also facing increased violent extremism, climate change challenges and a run of military coups. Leaders on Friday called for… Continue reading
Oct 12 Food bank use down, but need still far above pre-pandemic levels By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press An Associated Press review of bulk distribution numbers from hundreds of food banks across the country revealed a clear downward trend in the amount of food handed out across the country, starting in the spring as the COVID-19 vaccine rollout… Continue reading
Apr 23 Venezuela’s Maduro begins allowing aid against hunger, virus By Regina Garcia Cano, Jorge Rueda, Associated Press Maduro for years had rejected numerous humanitarian aid offers as unnecessary and as veiled attempts by the United States and other hostile forces to destabilize his socialist government. That stance appears to have wavered amid continuing hardships. Continue reading