Alliance to End Hunger

Budget Foes, Unsatisfied, To Continue Fast Through Easter

Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Sojourners, Tony Hall Fast, Budget Cuts Fasting, Jim Wallis, Lent, Institute on Religion and Democracy, Budget Compromise, Christian Social Activism, Budget Cuts, Alliance to End Hunger, Christian Social Justice, Budget Cut Hunger Strike, Religion News

By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The congressional budget compromise reached last week did not go far enough for some progre...

Read Whole Story

Fasting And Praying For The Poor

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Anti-Poverty Program, Tony Hall Fast, Jim Wallis, ONE Campaign, Bread for the World, David Beckmann, Poverty, Budget Cuts Protest, Hunger Fast, Alliance to End Hunger, Religion News
Cathleen Falsani

A diverse coalition of religious leaders are calling on Americans to join them in fasting and prayer to protest budget cuts that would jeopardize the poor and hungry at home and abroad.

Read Post

Fast, Pray And Protect Hungry People

David Beckmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger, World Food Prize, Meals on Wheels, Tony Hall Fast, Budget Cuts, Hunger in America, Bread for the World, Christian Social Justice, Feeding America, Poverty in America, Alliance to End Hunger, Fast to End Hunger, Religion News
David Beckmann

I believe strongly in the need to balance the budget, but there has to be a better way. If Congress makes these cuts, people at risk of hunger in the U.S. will feel the impact immediately.

Read Post

Playing for Keeps: Students Who Rock Hunger

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: One Acre Fund, Agra, Heifer International, Des Moines, The World Vegetable Center, Iowa Farm Bureau, State Department, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Usda, World Food Prize, International Livestock Research Institute, Bread for the World, Agricultural Development, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Foods Resource Bank, Aplu, Howard G. Buffett Foundation, World Food Programme, Iowa State University, Rajiv Shah, David Lambert, Usaid, Catherine Bertini, Norman Borlaug, Fao, Global Youth Institute, Ruan, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, Alliance to End Hunger, Statistics, Business News
Dan Silverstein

Last week, as Midnight Madness showcased college basketball players with visions of massive wealth and self-indulgence written all over their face...

Read Post

Criminally Negligent Homicide: The Legacy of Wealthy Nations That Allows Millions to Die

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Undp, Wfp, Fao, Yum! Brands, World Bank, TNT Group, Food for Peace, International Food Policy Research Institute, Howard Buffet, Ethiopia, The Green Revolution, Farm Bill, Josette Sheeran, Spencer Bachus, Roger Thurow, Archbold OH, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Scott Kilman, World Food Programme, Usaid, Norman Borlaug, Puchase for Progress, Alliance to End Hunger, Agra, Universities Fighting World Hunger, Business News
Dan Silverstein

Two award-winning reporters have collaborated on a new book entitledEnough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty. It is a page turner. Unless you simply don't give a damn, this is a must read.

Read Post