Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Combat Hunger Among Seniors
Food Insecurity
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Combat Hunger Among Seniors
2023-07-21 21:02:02
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill introduced in both the House and Senate this week aims to establish a working group tasked with combating hunger and malnutrition among senior citizens and adults with disabilities. The Senior Nutrition Task Force Act is... Read More

White House Outlines Strategy for Ending Hunger by 2030
Food Insecurity
White House Outlines Strategy for Ending Hunger by 2030
2022-09-27 19:17:15
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — In the 50 years since the last Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health was convened at the White House, the United States has struggled to end chronic food insecurity in some communities, while seeing a marked increase in... Read More

‘Transformative’ Action, Not Photo-Ops, Needed at Hunger Conference
Hunger
‘Transformative’ Action, Not Photo-Ops, Needed at Hunger Conference
2022-09-16 20:43:23
by Natalie McCormick

WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 years ago, a folk singer named Harry Chapin began trying to raise people’s consciousness about the issue of hunger. In a land of plenty, he knew firsthand from tours that crisscrossed the nation, many — young... Read More

Congress Seeks to Serve More Food to Veterans Who Served the US
Food Insecurity
Congress Seeks to Serve More Food to Veterans Who Served the US
2021-11-10 21:20:48
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Navy veteran Tim Keefe told a congressional panel Wednesday about how he was willing to give his life for his country when he enlisted in the military. After he left the Navy, he had trouble finding a sandwich... Read More

Rules Committee to Host Roundtable on Food as Medicine
Food Insecurity
Rules Committee to Host Roundtable on Food as Medicine
2021-08-31 14:41:19
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON -- The House Rules committee will host a roundtable discussion examining food as medicine on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 2 p.m. The event, announced by Committee Chairman James McGovern, D-Mass., is the seventh in a series of committee events... Read More

Explainer: Shortages in Cuba Led to Unrest, Questions About Future US Role
Foreign Affairs
Explainer: Shortages in Cuba Led to Unrest, Questions About Future US Role
2021-07-19 13:35:24
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The chants, loud and impassioned, could be heard every time someone opened the White House press room door. With a balmy, near tropical heat, settled over the nation’s capital, the sprinklers outside seemed to spray with added urgency... Read More

House Rules Committee to Host Roundtable on Hunger Crisis
Hunger
House Rules Committee to Host Roundtable on Hunger Crisis
2021-07-13 19:41:47
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The House Rules Committee will hold a roundtable examining local innovations in combating hunger on Thursday, at 3:30 p.m. The event is the fifth in a series of committee events highlighting the reality of food insecurity in America... Read More

America’s Hunger Crisis to be Focus of Rules Committee Hearing
Hunger
America’s Hunger Crisis to be Focus of Rules Committee Hearing
2021-04-21 20:32:47
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON - The House Rules Committee will take up the issue of food insecurity next week with the first of an anticipated series of hearings on what Committee Chair James McGovern is calling “the hunger crisis in this country.” The... Read More

43 Million Americans Don’t Have Enough to Eat
Food Insecurity
43 Million Americans Don’t Have Enough to Eat
2021-03-12 15:31:16
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON -- The COVID-19 pandemic is winding down but lawmakers in Congress said Wednesday their work to halt the hunger that resulted from it continues. This week, an estimated 9.6 million jobs remain lost compared with the start of the... Read More

Business Advocates Oppose Move to Make Union Organizing Easier
Labor
Business Advocates Oppose Move to Make Union Organizing Easier
2021-03-09 15:39:21
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON -- Norma Torres talked Monday about how union membership protected her family after they arrived from Guatemala in 1970 as refugees from a civil war that killed more than 200,000 people. Her father, an electrician, was a union member... Read More

Digital Theater Initiative Raises Over $100K for Child Hunger Fund
Arts
Digital Theater Initiative Raises Over $100K for Child Hunger Fund
2020-08-06 13:13:40
by Sara Wilkerson

The Homebound Project, a digital theater initiative created by a volunteer coalition of theater directors, producers, stage and screen actors, has raised over $100 thousand in its efforts to provide funds for No Kid Hungry, a national organization driven to... Read More

Nearly $1.4 Billion Needed to Feed Hungry Nationwide
In The News
Nearly $1.4 Billion Needed to Feed Hungry Nationwide

PHILADELPHIA — As need spikes and food supplies dwindle, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief agency said it faces a $1.4 billion shortfall in resources over the next six months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The alert comes from Feeding America,... Read More

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