by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 21, 2020 | News
U.S. food insecurity declined again in 2019, bringing the total below 2007 levels, according to an annual report released in early September by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Last year, 10.5% of U.S. households (13.7 million) experienced low or very low...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 15, 2020 | News
Inequality in the U.S. has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ (CBPP) report published Sept. 4. In late July, 12.1% of all U.S. families said they didn’t have enough to eat at some point in the past week....
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 11, 2020 | News
Global food insecurity is expected to rise by 11% in 2020 due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report published in August. An additional 83.5 million people worldwide will face challenges in obtaining sufficient,...
by Nell Green | Jul 28, 2020 | Opinion
Some of the everyday words we use have racist connotations. That was the focus of a July 7 article published by CNN, which asked readers to consider changing their vocabulary. I don’t disagree, except for one problem: Masters and slaves still exist. We still need the...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 10, 2019 | News
Faith leaders released a letter on Dec. 9 urging 2020 candidates for president of the United States to reduce U.S. military spending. Contrasting the government’s annual expenses on “war, weapons and the military” with those funds allocated for addressing poverty and...
