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Economic crisis forces states to cut Medicare coverage for poor people Amy Goldstein Washington Post December 26, 2008
Lori Lamson has not been able to find work after being laid off from a medical lab. A month before her daughter was born, she qualified for welfare. Photo: Andrew West/Washington Post)
Welfare rolls see first climb in years: job losses bring applicants from middle class, test new focus on finding work Amy Gloldstein Washington Post December 17, 2008
US employers cut 533,000 jobs in November and 422,000 workers stopped looking for jobs they didn't think they would find Howard Schneider and Cecilia Kang Washington Post December 5, 2008 Mortgage distress reaches record highs--7 percent of mortgages delinquent, 3 percent in foreclosure Renae Merle Washington Post December 5, 2008
Defense Secretary Gates lays out agenda for US military, says the nation's armed forces need to be better prepared to fight unconventional battles Julian E. Barnes Los Angeles Times December 5, 2008 See Gates article in Foreign Affairs
At the United States Department of Agriculture, taking on ambitious goals (ending childhood hunger) and major problems (food safety and continuing subsidies to ineligible rich farmers) Kimberly Kindy Washington Post December 4, 2008
US employers cut 533,000 jobs in November and 422,000 workers stopped looking for jobs they didn't think they would find Howard Schneider and Cecilia Kang Washington Post December 5, 2008 Mortgage distress reaches record highs--7 percent of mortgages delinquent, 3 percent in foreclosure Renae Merle Washington Post December 5, 2008 Food banks can't meet demand Judy Keen USA Today November 26, 2008 US announces new $800 billion rescue program principally for Fanny Mae, Freddy Mac mortgages. US government has now assumed about $7.8 trillion in new financial obligations. Edmund L Andrews New York Times November 25, 2008 Americans' food stamp use nears all-time high Jane Black Washington Post November 25, 2008 Rising unemployment could push an additional 7.5 million to 10.3 million United States residents below the federal poverty line in the next two or three years, study says Eric Eckholm New York Times November 24, 2008
People seeking work last week at the one-stop career center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., which offers job training, listings and access to several welfare programs. Photo: Eric Thayer/New York Times
Job centers see crush of people in need Damien Cave New York Times November 23, 2008 Bush signs bill extending unemployment benefits--workers in high unemployment states to get additional 20 weeks of benefits Deb Price Detroit News November 22, 2008
Report: US uses aid to promote non-humanitarian goals Colum Lynch Washington Post November 19, 2008 More information about the Humanitarian Response Index 2008
Some 691,000 children went hungry in America sometime in 2007, while close to one in eight Americans struggled to feed themselves adequately, US food security report says Michael J. Sniffen Associated Press November 17, 2008 See report summary, full report
After Obama's win, white backlash festers in US Patrik Jonsson Christian Science Monitor November 16, 2008 Race a factor in large Republican vote in South Adam Nossiter New York Times November 10, 2008 See also Obama's not black, he is half black and half white Marie Arana Washington Post November 30, 2008 Is the US 'post-racial'? Have we actually moved beyond race? Krissah Williams Thompson Washington Post November 30, 2008
When the cupboard is bare David Cay Johnston New York Times November 10, 2008
Jill Benson, vice president of JS West, surveys one of the company's egg-processing plants at the Dwight Bell Farm in Atwater, Calif. Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press)
California proposition 2 passes with 63% of votes in favor Wikipedia November 8, 2008 California voters to decide whether to increase California farm cage space for veal calves, egg laying hens, and pregnant sows Ashley Surdin Washington Post October 26, 2008
Bush administration has housed many homeless Frank Greve McClatchy Newspapers October 26, 2008
For more than 20 years, federal housing law has counted as homeless only people living on the streets or in shelters. But now the House and the Senate are considering an expansion of the definition to include people precariously housed: those doubled up with friends or relatives or living day to day in motels, with money and options running out. Photo: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
One in four working families now low-wage, report finds Michael A. Fletcher Washington Post October 15, 2008
Food stamp participation increases as economy lags--up by 1,000,000 in three months Michael E. Ruane Washington Post October 4, 2008
159,000 jobs lost in September, the worst month in five years Peter S. Goodman New York Times October 3, 2008
In the wake of unprecedented numbers of people being forced out of their homes, official Washington strives to define 'homeless' Rachel L. Swarns New York Times September 16, 2008
Bipartisan calls for improved US poverty measure as current definition fails to reflect fully the hardships or resources available to struggling Americans Rachel L. Swarns New York Times September 1, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
US poverty greater in 2007 than at bottom of last recession in 2001, new Census data show Arloc Sherman, Robert Greenstein, and Sharon Parrott Center for Budget and Policy Priorities August 27, 2008
University of New Hampshire students run a farmers market on campus. Photo: University of New Hampshire
Food studies hit the academic mainstream, exploring culture, politics and the environment Jane Black Washington Post August 20, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Record numbers of US contractors in Iraq--equal to number of US military personnel Peter Grier Christian Science Monitor August 18, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Low wage workers face even greater financial insecurity Michael A. Fletcher and Jon Cohen Washington Post August 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Jobless rate climbs to 5.7% as 51,000 jobs are lost in July Louis Uchitelle New York Times August 2, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
US reports drop in homeless population Rachel L. Swarns New York Times July 30, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
US joins G-8 plan to (try to) halve emissions (by 2050!) Michael Abramowitz Washington Post July 9, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Defense Secretary Gates warns against militarization of US foreign policy Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post July 16, 2008 (You will leave this site. See Hunger Notes special report: Development Assistance Bush signs $162 billion war spending bill Ben Feller Associated Press/Washington Post June 30, 2008 Occupation plan for Iraq faulted in Army review Michael R. Gordon New York Times June 29, 2008 (You will leave this site.) See full Army report (very large PDF file). US funding to Pakistan plagued with problems, GAO report says Robin Wright Washington Post June 25, 2008 (You will leave this site.) See full report Government study criticizes Bush administration's measures of progress in Iraq James Glanz New York Times June 24, 2008 (You will leave this site.) See full GAO report
A U.S. Border Patrol truck drives along a new section of road
built by members of the 200th Red Horse Air National Guard Civil Engineering
Squadron from Camp Perry in Ohio and other National Guard units in front of a
five mile section of new border fencing at the border in Nogales, Ariz. Photo:
Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press
McCain, Obama clash over immigration BBC News June 28, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Border fence challenge rebuffed by Supreme Court David G. Savage Los Angeles Times June 24, 2008 Federal prosecution of illegal immigrants soars Nicole Gaouette Los Angeles Times June 18, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Food prices force schools, the military, homeless shelters, and other groups that offer square meals to cut corners Nicole Gaouette Los Angeles Times June 15, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Rising prices hit home for food stamp recipients Chris L. Jenkins Washington Post May 27, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) In 2006, working people were 41 percent of people receiving food stamps, up from 31 percent 10 years earlier--number of eligible working people continues to grow Richard Wolf USA TODAY May 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Farm bill's subsidy costs may rise: billions more could be paid through little-noticed provision Dan Morgan Washington Post May 21, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Farm bill, facing veto, goes to Bush David Herszenhorn New York Times May 16, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Firms seek patents on 'climate ready' altered crops Rick Weiss Washington Post May 13, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) US using food crisis to boost bio-engineered crops Stephen J. Hedges Chicago Tribune May 14, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Racist incidents give some Obama campaigners pause Kevin Merida Washington Post May 13, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Two hundred protesters from churches, unions and community groups marched and picketed outside the office of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in downtown San Francisco on May 5, Cinco de Mayo. On Friday, May 2, the day after marches took place across the country for immigrants' rights, immigration agents arrested 64 workers at Los Balazos taquerias throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of the employees had no criminal records, and were arrested for the crime of working to support their families. Photo: David Bacon
Study says immigrants to US adapt quickly N.C. Aizenman Washington Post May 13, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Mildred Loving and her husband, Richard, took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in 1967 struck down bans on interracial marriage. Photo: Associated Press 1965
Mildred Loving, 1939-2008: quiet Virginia wife ended interracial marriage ban Patricia Sullivan Washington Post May 6, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Farm bill negotiators cut funds for overseas school lunch program, increase funds for US nutrition programs Dan Morgan Washington Post May 6, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Pew Commission says industrial scale farm animal production poses “unacceptable” risks to public health, environment Hunger Notes April 30, 2008
McCain, Democrats present distinct choices on health coverage Michael D. Shear Washington Post April 30, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
McCain talks poverty in Appalachia Maeve Reston Los Angeles Times April 24, 2008
For children, a better beginning: study finds progress on array of issues from birth to 10 Donna St. George Washington Post April 24, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Leaders of Mexico and Canada back President Bush on trade Steven Lee Myers New York Times April 23, 2008 (You will leave this site.) See Hunger Notes special report Trade and hunger
Jenna Kusek of Bethesda helps build a house during the three weeks she spent last summer in a village in Tanzania. Photo: Jenna Kusek/Washington Post
Teens on a mission: learning real-life lessons by volunteering abroad Cindy Loose Washington Post April 20, 2008
Defense Secretary Gates, Secretary of State Rice urge specific plan to integrate military activities and foreign aid, including 'Global Train and Equip' Anne Scott Tyson Washington Post April 10, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Bush concedes defeat on Colombia trade pact Dan Eggen Washington Post April 15, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Democrats seek delay on Colombia trade pact Paul Kane and Dan Eggen Washington Post April 10, 2008
Job losses bolster calls for extension of unemployment benefits Erik Eckholm New York Times April 9, 2008 (You will leave this site.) International Monetary Fund: US credit crunch costs '$1 trillion' Steve Schifferes BBC News April 1, 2008 (You will leave this site.) As jobs vanish and prices rise, food stamp use nears record Eric Eckholm New York Times March 31, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
A US government initiative will focus on people like these men, who were freed from prison in Huntsville, Tex. Photo Erin Trieb/New York Times
US government shifting prison focus to re-entry into society Erik Eckholm New York Times April 8, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
US Congress authorizes tripling of expenditure on HIV/AIDS in developing countries--money must also be appropriated, a much more difficult task BBC News April 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Foreign wealth funds defend US investments Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post March 27, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Inflation hits the poor hardest as food and other basic items climb rapidly Neil Irwin and Alejandro Lazo Washington Post March 21, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Obama says United States cannot ignore race BBC News March 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Text of Obama's speech
Tim J. Mueller/USA TODAY
Rebuilding New Orleans-- a letter from a visitor Paula Smith-Vanderslice Hunger Notes April 11, 2008 New Orleans' homeless rate swells to 1 in 25 Rick Jervis USA Today March 17, 2008
Drawing on firepower, savage intimidation, and cash, drug cartels have come to control key parts of the U.S.-Mexico border, as Mexican troops wage a multi-front war with the private armies of rival drug lords. Photo: Washington Post
Drug trade tyranny on the border: Mexican cartels maintain grasp with weapons, cash and savagery Manuel Roig-Franzia Washington Post March 16, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
More than one in every 100 US adults are now behind bars, the highest percentage in the world Pew Center on the States February 29, 2008
Administration and House leaders agree on bill authorizing a tripling of AIDS funding; money must still be appropriated David Brown Washington Post February 28, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Bush: 'US is not seeking Africa bases' BBC News February 20, 2008 (You will leave this site.) China not US rival in Africa, Bush says BBC News February 20, 2008 African AIDS crisis continues despite $15 billion US initiative Craig Timberg Washington Post February 20, 2008 Bush highlights malaria campaign BBC News February 19, 2008 Widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and state-of-the-art drugs succeeds in cutting malaria deaths in half in Rwanda and Ethiopia David Brown Washington Post February 1, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Low unemployment rate hides rise in long-term jobless Kevin G. Hall McClatchy Newspapers February 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Jerry Ball is an African American poultry plant worker in Mississippi, whose hands suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome, showing the impact of 13 years on the line in the plant. Although there was originally friction between African Americans and Hispanics in poultry plants and other workplaces where they competed for jobs, they came together to form the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance. Photo: David Bacon
Black and brown together: the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA) David Bacon March 2008
The border fence between the United States and Mexico stretches for hundreds of miles. Photo: BBC
In Northern Virginia, a Latino community unravels as job losses and local law hit illegal immigrants and others N.C. Aizenman Washington Post March 27, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) DHS strains as goals, mandates go unmet Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post March 6, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Texans ponder where 'NAFTA superhighway' might take them Peter Canellos Boston Globe March 4, 2008US border virtual fence project fails Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post February 28, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Divided views as US border fence goes up Duncan Kennedy BBC News January 31, 2008 (You will leave this site. Republican party candidates Huckabee and McCain on immigration Americas Policy Program February 9, 2007 Democratic party candidates Clinton and Obama on immigration Americas Policy Program January 22, 2007 See also The truth about illegal immigration and crime: immigrants, whether legal or illegal, are substantially less likely to commit crimes or to be incarcerated than U.S. citizens Tom Barry Center for International Policy February 6, 2007
Proposed trade deals with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea face strong resistance in United States Anthony Faiola Washington Post February 15, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) See Hunger Notes special report: Global issues: trade, hunger and poverty
Boost in tax credit sought for childless poor Tony Pugh McClatchy Newspapers February 5, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Resegregation of US schools deepening Amanda Paulson Christian Science Monitor January 25, 2008
Guam braces for US military buildup that will increase island's population by 25 percent Blaine Harden Washington Post January 25, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Congress approves US economic stimulus plan. Those with incomes too low to tax would receive $300. BBC News February 8, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Wall Street bonuses keep coming: seven big firms boost total compensation and benefits to a combined $122 billion in spite of incurring mortgage-related losses of $55 billion, and wiping out more than $200 billion in shareholder value Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Renae Merle Washington Post January 29, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Complex financial trades worry economy watchers: rise of bets called swaps could worsen subprime damage David Cho Washington Post January 25, 2008 Bush and House in accord on $150 billion stimulus package David M. Herszenhorn New York Times January 25, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Federal Reserve cuts interest rate to stem financial market panic Neil Irwin and David Cho Washington Post January 23, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Bush calls for economic stimulus package BBC News January 18, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Wall Street bonuses hit record $39 billion for 2007 in spite of record company losses due to subprime mortgage involvement Christine Harper Bloomberg News January 18, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Things look bleak on Franklin Avenue in downtown Aliquippa, Pa., once a steelmaking power, and now the center of Beaver County's drug trade, estimated at $30 million in 2006. Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP
Rust Belt towns fighting new type of decay: drugs Ramit Plushnick-Masti Associated Press January 21, 2008
Hunger persists in US cities--23 city survey by US mayors sees rising need for food and affordable housing Hunger Notes December 22, 2007
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