In this fact sheet, Bread presents its argument for mass incarceration as a hunger issue. It includes an examination of how incarceration causes hunger and presents the reasons Bread is working for reform of the U.S...
Stronger local capacity — the ability of individuals and institutions to perform functions, solve problems, and achieve goals — is essential to achieving the ambitious global development goals of the post-2015 era....
Immigrants create small businesses at higher rates than others but face additional barriers. We identify practices to better support immigrant entrepreneurs in Miami, Fla; Des Moines, Iowa; and Salt Lake City, Utah...
The empowerment of women is essential to ending hunger and malnutrition. Hungry people are disproportionately female. Women need more bargaining power, fewer unpaid responsibilities, and a greater collective voice....
For children, even brief periods of hunger may cause lifelong damage. But this is unnecessary and preventable. Federal nutrition programs help millions of children. They must be maintained and strengthened.
Efforts by the U.S. and others to scale up nutrition in Tanzania have produced successes and challenges in program implementation and coordination that are relevant to ongoing and new Feed the Future projects.
Significant resources and political will are being mobilized for global nutrition. The new whole-of-U.S.-government Nutrition Strategy is an opportunity to unite agencies behind a common nutrition goal.
Hunger remains a problem in the U.S. despite our wealth. A four-part plan to end hunger starts with good jobs and continues with investing in people, strengthening safety nets, and building community partnerships....
Immigrants are slowing decades of population decline in Rust Belt communities and contributing disproportionately to their economies. Undocumented immigrants need legalization to maximize their contributions.
