If We Stopped Wasting Even Just a Bit Less Food, We Could Feed Everyone on Earth

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 12, 2015 According to the United Nations, it wouldn't take much to keep the world's most vulnerable from going hungry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: John Oliver: We Waste a Third of Our Food While American Families Go Hungry

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 20, 2015 The "Last Week Tonight" host lists the moral, environmental and, yes, even financial reasons why, as a country, the U.S. needs to stop wasting so much food. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Walmart Employees Go Hungry Working for the Richest Family in America

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 22, 2014 The Walton family control $145 billion in personal wealth, an amount equivalent to the bottom 42 percent of all Americans. Their employees, meanwhile, depend on food banks and taxpayer-funded welfare programs to survive. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Middle Class

John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri May 3, 2014 Dig deeper

Congress Converges on $800 Million Cuts to Annual Food Stamp Funding

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2014 Warring factions in the House and Senate have reached an agreement about how much money to funnel into the federal food stamp program, and the news isn't good for Americans relying on government assistance to stay fed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Hunger and Pain When Congress Comes Back

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 26, 2013 After allowing food stamp benefits included in the 2009 economic stimulus plan to expire in November, Congress is preparing to make another round of cuts to nutrition aid in January. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Unspeakable: Washington Ignores Homeless Epidemic

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 4, 2013 The hardship of families and children is an overlooked national disgrace. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Transfat Apocalypse

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Nov 16, 2013 Dig deeper

Food Stamp Cuts

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News Nov 10, 2013 Dig deeper

Hungry? Don’t Expect House Republicans to Help—or Care

BLANK Sep 22, 2013 The tea party-driven House this week approved drastic cuts to the federal food stamp program. Although the reductions likely won't clear the Senate or President Obama, the vote reveals a coldhearted approach to the nation's most vulnerable, including children, the elderly and veterans having trouble fitting back into society. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The World Decline Escapes Notice

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Sep 8, 2013 Dig deeper

School Cafeteria Denies Lunch to Preteen Debtors

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 5, 2013 Twenty-five students at a Massachusetts middle school went home hungry this week when the private contractor that runs the school's cafeteria denied them lunch because the students' accounts were a few cents overcharged. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )