2003 United States

Yes Virginia, There is World Hunger! (We Just Don’t Say Very Much About It in Our Newspaper). The South Florida Sun Sentinel Replies to 5^th Grade Delray Beach Students (November 28, 2003)

Poverty Causes Mental Illness and Behavioral Problems, North Carolina Study Shows (November 27, 2003)

Photo: Julia Ewan/Washington Post

Cucumbers from growers cited in the boycott backed by the National Council of Churches are transformed by the Mt. Olive Pickle Co. into pickles and relish.

Churches Back Boycotts of Taco Bell, Mount Olive Pickle Co. Over Migrant Workers  Bill Broadway (Washington Post, November 21, 2003. You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Number of Poor People in the United States Increased by 1.7 Million in 2002. Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (September 27, 2003)

Hungry in America Trudy Lieberman (The Nation, September 16, 2003)

Hunger Around the Nation: Focus on Albuquerque, New Mexico Paula Smith-Vanderslice (September 14, 2003)

Photo: Paula Smith-Vanderslice

Cornucopia, at left, and state bird of New Mexico, the roadrunner, at right, Roadrunner Food Bank, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Millennium Challenge Account: Unlearning How to Make Aid Work? Aldo Caliari (Center of Concern, August 6, 2003)

African-American Names Penalized During Employment Process, Study Finds Richard Morin  (Washington Post, August 3, 2003. You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

U.S. Aid Plan Comes Up Short Paul Blustein (Washington Post, June 22, 2003. You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

U.S. Conservatives Take Aim at NGOs Jim Lobe (One World, June 12, 2003)

USAID Administrator: NGOs Must Promote Ties to the U.S. Government or 'We Will Find New Partners'  Interaction Monday Developments  (June 20, 2003)

The Deaths of  18 Migrants Reverberate at Home. Friends, Relatives Know Risks of Border Crossing Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan (Washington Post, May 16, 2003. You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) 18 Migrants Suffocate in Tractor Trailer Trying to Enter the United States (Earlier Story)

)

Eric Gay/AP

Officials investigate the truck trailer where 18 people were found dead early Wednesday at a truck stop near Victoria, Texas.

Congress Passes $3 Billion Per Year AIDS Authorization Bill-- Abstinence, Teaching Feminism to African Men Emphasized. Much Less Money Likely to be Appropriated Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post, May 16, 2003. You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

The Role of Money in Politics: Old Memos Detail the Link of Money to Political Influence Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post, May 16, 2003. You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Health Costs of Obesity in U.S Near Those of Smoking Ceci Connolly Washington Post, May 14, 2003. You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) Full Report (PDF file)

Christian Groups Battle AIDS Pandemic Martha Sawyer Allen (Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 19, 2003. You will leave this site.)

U.S. Household Food Security Worsens-- More Than One in Ten Food Insecure at Some Time During the Year, USDA Survey Finds  Mark Nord, Margaret Andrews, and Steven Carlson

Latin Sweatshops Pressed by U.S. Campus Power David Gonzalez New York Times, April 4, 2003. (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Times.)  See the websites of the Worker Rights Consortium and United Students Against Sweatshops

Africa Famine Relief Bill Introduced by Senator Daschle, Others. Your Support is Needed. Here is How to Help  (January 25, 2003)

Bush Seeks to Recast Federal Ties to the Poor Amy Goldstein and Jonathan Weisman   Bush Plan Keys on Growth to Solve Poverty Problem Jonathan Weisman (Washington Post, February 9, 2003. You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Gap Between Rich and Poor in the United States Grows, According to Federal Reserve  Albert B. Crenshaw  (Washington Post, January 23, 2003. You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Photo: Capital Area Food Bank

President George Bush and Capital Area Food Bank President Lynn Brantley at the CAFB, December 19, 2002. President Bush spoke in support of volunteerism. 

2003 Archive Home Page

Hunger Notes Home Page