Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts published in “Opinion”

The Nobel Prize Goes to Global Hunger Relief. Will that Matter in the U.S.?

NOVEMBER 17, 2020 — Most years, I read the news about the Nobel Peace Prize as many Americans might: with a vague sense of pride by association if the winners are from the U.S. But recently, I was overcome with excitement at the announcement that the World Food Programme (WFP)…

Andrew Fisher: What Will the Hunger Industrial Complex Look Like After Covid-19?

APRIL 22, 2020 — Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, normal wasn’t so great for the working poor in America. Despite a 10-year recovery, 12 percent of the nation remained food insecure in 2018. The state of affairs was so economically unsustainable that food banks doubled their distribution from 2009 to 2019, to…