Tag: food and poverty
Cities are clearing encampments, but this won’t solve homelessness − here’s...
Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Michigan State University
Homelessness is a rare issue in American politics that does not cut neatly...
SNAP benefits are rising for millions of Americans, thanks to a...
Tracy Roof, University of Richmond
The U.S. Department of Agriculture adjusts Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits to reflect changes...
Free school meals for all children can improve kids’ health
Matthew J. Landry, Stanford University
Recognizing that millions of U.S. children are at risk of hunger, Maine and California...
Giving food pantry clients choices – and gently nudging them toward...
Caitlin Caspi, University of Connecticut and Marlene B. Schwartz, University of Connecticut
Food banks and pantries across the U.S....
Ending food insecurity in Native communities means restoring land rights, handing...
Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Oklahoma State University
For Indigenous people in the U.S., food is considered a sacred gift....
How lifting children out of poverty today will help them tomorrow
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University; Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley, and Melissa S. Kearney, University of Maryland
As...
A nutrition report card for Americans: Dark clouds, silver linings
Dariush Mozaffarian, Tufts University
Many of the latest findings on the American diet are not encouraging. Almost half of...
Growing food and protecting nature don’t have to conflict – here’s...
Thomas Hertel, Purdue University
Growing food in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way – while also producing enough of it...
EXPLORING NATURE
Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already...
Ellen Welti, Smithsonian Institution
More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend...
