Hunger in the News: Sentencing Reform, Food Aid, Global Migration Crisis, Summer Meals, Affordable Housing

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Hunger in the News: Immigration, mass incarceration, India, and sustainable development . Photo: Bread for the World

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Their Crimes Reclassified, Some Californian Felons Get A Second Chance,” by Marisa Lagos, NPR. “Last November, voters in California overwhelmingly approved Proposition 47, which lets people with some nonviolent felonies petition a court to reduce their crimes to misdemeanors. And that has opened up new opportunities for many former offenders.”

UN says 4.5 million Ethiopians now in need of food aid after poor rains,” The Guardian. “After failed rains, some 4.5m people are now projected to require assistance, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha), the World Food Programme and the UN children’s agency, Unicef, said.”

U.N. Says Aid Increase Would Cut Migration,” by Somini Sengupta and Rick Gladstone, The New York Times. “The new top emergency relief official here urged the world’s rich countries on Wednesday to step up aid to war zones in the Middle East and Africa so that refugees are not forced to seek safety in Europe.”

Our Voice: We must adopt legislation to feed more kids in summer,” by Editorial Board, Springfield News Leader. “Federal child nutrition programs feed more children than any other organization in the United States. But those programs fall short during summer months.”

Low-Income Workers Have Nowhere Affordable To Live, New Report Shows,” by Daniel Marans, The Huffington Post. “Low-income workers and their families do not earn enough to live in even the least expensive metropolitan American communities, according to a new analysis of families’ living costs published Wednesday.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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