Bread in the News
Proposal for Changes in Food Aid Sets Off Infighting in Congress
WASHINGTON — A proposal by the Obama administration to overhaul the international food aid program has set off a jurisdictional fight among members of several House and Senate committees, threatening to derail the most significant change to the program since it was created nearly 60 years ago.
New York Times on May 2, 2013
Religious Leaders to Government: We Must Get Our Fiscal House In Order
Both Republicans and Democrats have a religion problem, and it has nothing to do with same-sex marriage, abortion, or religious liberty. Rather, their serious stumbling blocks are budgets, deficits, and debt-ceiling deadlines.
Religion and Politics on April 30, 2013
Reforming Food Aid to Improve Maternal and Child Nutrition
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama proposed a budget for fiscal year 2014 that would reduce federal deficits while largely protecting programs that support hungry and poor people in the United States and around the world. The proposal is particularly encouraging because it includes important reforms to our international food aid system -- allowing greater flexibility and increasing efficiency so that food aid reaches millions more people. This is a major step forward.
Huffington Post: Impact on April 26, 2013
Food program is cut in half
When state and federal programs are cut because of sequestration or austerity, our entire society suffers.
The Seattle Times - Letter to the Editor on April 25, 2013
Flake Staffer and Nogales Native Reaches Out
Locals now have a direct line to the Tucson office of Sen. Jeff Flake, thanks to monthly office hours being held at Nogales City Hall.
Nogales International on April 19, 2013
Letter to the Editor: Food Assistance
The Saturday April 6 editorial, "Food needs more thought," raises important issues of nutritional concern for our nation's youth and schools. We should be at least equally concerned that many youth have limited access to food of any kind, and that the recent sequester cuts and budget proposals will be devastating to the millions of families forced to rely on our government safety net programs for basic sustenance.
The Columbus Dispatch on April 16, 2013
Transforming Foreign Assistance
The amount of good our nation has done for poor and hungry people around the world over the last ten years is astounding. We have saved and improved millions of lives through programs like the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which was launched by former President George W. Bush to battle the disease in Africa, and the Feed the Future initiative, which President Obama started to support small farmers and the growth of local economies in developing countries.
Politico on April 15, 2013
Immigration Reform as a Way to Reduce Poverty
Offering a chance to escape poverty is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the American immigration system. Over centuries, immigration has provided economic opportunity to tens of millions of impoverished families from around the world. We don’t often talk about U.S. immigration policy as a mechanism for lifting people out of poverty, but that’s what it has been to people from Galway, Ireland, to Guangzhou, China, to Guadalajara, Mexico.
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity on April 8, 2013
Evangelicals Ramp Up Immigration Ads
As part of a six-figure campaign to promote an overhaul of immigration laws, a coalition of evangelical Christian groups on Tuesday launched radio ads in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina and Texas.
Roll Call on April 2, 2013
Another View: Aid the Hungry this Easter
A survey by the National Retail Federation says Americans will spend about $17.2 billion on Easter this year.
Imagine if that spending could be changed, just even a little bit. If $1 billion of that amount went to global hunger relief it could fund emergency humanitarian efforts in war-devastated Syria, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Mali and other countries.
Des Moines Register on March 29, 2013
Child Poverty, Hunger Rates in US Remain Alarmingly High
Alarming statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this month revealed that hunger and poverty rates in the country remain high, particularly among African-American children.
The Christian Post on March 28, 2013
Rejecting the Austerity Gospel
As the House and Senate vote on competing budget resolutions this week, religious leaders around the country are once again stepping into the breach to remind us that budgets are moral documents that should be judged by how they treat the most vulnerable.
Huffington Post Religion on March 21, 2013
Why Development Works
Alexander Appiah was barely eking out a living farming cassava and yams on his quarter-acre in Nkwabeng, Ghana. Then Heifer International's farmers program gave him the development assistance he needed to thrive. Five beehives, 20 laying hens, and an agricultural training course later, he is now able to send his two daughters to school and has built a concrete home for his family.
The Huffington Post - World on March 19, 2013
Covering faith issues important
I wanted to thank the Erie Times-News for the article on the Bread for the World workshop ("Bread for the World to hold workshop," Erie Times-News, Feb. 23).
Erie Times-News on March 17, 2013
Op-Ed: Millions Still Wonder When Their Next Meal Will Be
Bread for the World's LaVida Davis on the ongoing struggle to feed America's neediest.
Take Part on March 14, 2013
Op-Ed: Sequestration Pushes People Away From the Table
How D.C.’s ongoing dysfunction is harming America’s hungry.
Take Part on March 6, 2013
Boston cardinal urges social ministry gathering to focus on mission
Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley kicked off the 2013 national Catholic Social Ministry Gathering by urging its 450 participants to use their time together to discern their vocation in the church and world.
National Catholic Reporter on March 1, 2013
Op-Ed: Ensuring a Place at the Table for Everyone
Rev. David Beckmann, the President of Bread for the World, on the important role churches and the faithful must play in combatting America’s hidden hunger crisis.
Take Part on February 28, 2013
DirectoUSA: El Impacto de los recortes
CNN en Espanol on February 27, 2013
Participant Media and Magnolia Pictures’ Film A Place at the Table Spurs Launch of a First of Its Kind National Action Center to End Hunger in America
Action hub gives everyone the power to call, click, text to get involved in your local community
Fort Mill Times on February 26, 2013
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