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The Downtoning of America

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Leo W. Gerard

Republicans want to kill the government that accomplished that. They want to go back to Downton Abbey days. The rich stay rich; the poor stay servants.

Arthur Delaney

Sequestration's Missing Meals

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics

ROANOKE, Va. -- William McCormick remembers from his working-class upbringing in Covington, Va., that neighbors took care of neighbors. "Both my pa...

Sam Stein

Sequestration Victims To Congress: WTF?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Victims of sequestration lashed out at Congress on Friday, after lawmakers moved swiftly to address long lines at airports while leaving...

Congress Addresses Flight Delays But Leaves Other Sequestration Problems Unsolved

Sharon Parrott | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics
Sharon Parrott

Responding to highly publicized flight delays from the "sequestration" budget cuts, the House and Senate have voted overwhelmingly to allow the Transp...

Arthur Delaney

Sequestration Cuts Mean Fewer Meals For Seniors -- But How Many?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.27.2013 | Politics

Helen Becker of Northampton, Pa. has received a hot meal from volunteers with Meals On Wheels of Northampton County every day for the past several yea...

VOTE! Top Local Nonprofit Of The Month Fighting Hunger

Posted 01.05.2013 | Impact

As we recover from our holiday food comas, let us also remember those who go without. Nonprofits nationwide are working to deliver hot meals to th...

Wish You Enough

Enid Borden | Posted 01.28.2013 | Fifty
Enid Borden

Hunger among the elderly is not a new phenomenon. Unlike other diseases that afflict a person or a group of people, hunger seeks no magical potion that has yet to be invented in a laboratory. The solutions to this disease are out there.

Laura Rowley

More Older Americans Sliding Into Poverty, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 08.29.2012 | Fifty

In 2010, 8.3 million Americans over 60 faced the threat of hunger -- up 78 percent from a decade earlier, according to a 2012 report. The proportion of the seniors affected has grown to one in seven in 2010 from one in nine in 2005 -- even as the hunger risk for the population as a whole declined slightly, the report found.

Paul Ryan's Relatives Didn't Live Past 60, Why Should Yours?

Pat LaMarche | Posted 10.11.2012 | Politics
Pat LaMarche

Having no elderly in his own family to watch decline, how could Congressman Ryan possibly see the value behind programs like Medicare, Social Security or Meals on Wheels?

Endings... Beginnings

Enid Borden | Posted 09.19.2012 | Impact
Enid Borden

I took a long journey in this field of senior nutrition and led a membership organization for over 20 years. It was a fascinating ride. It now comes to an end. That particular work, for me, is over.

The Missing Religious Principle in Our Budget Debates

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.07.2012 | Politics
Jim Wallis

Both Republicans and Democrats have a religion problem and it has nothing to do with same-sex marriage, abortion or religious liberty. Rather it is budgets, deficits, and debt ceiling deadlines that are their serious stumbling blocks.

Failing to Make the Grade

Enid Borden | Posted 07.03.2012 | Fifty
Enid Borden

It is the prevalence of senior hunger that is out of step with America and its values, in any and every economy.

Laura Rowley

One In Seven Seniors Faces Threat Of Hunger: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 05.04.2012 | Fifty

One in seven seniors in America -- some 8.3 million people -- faced the threat of hunger in 2010, a 78 percent spike since 2001, according to a study ...

Dropping the "F" Bomb

Enid Borden | Posted 06.10.2012 | Impact
Enid Borden

It's always that time of year. Those of us who beg for loose change have to drop that bomb on an almost daily basis: the Fundraising Bomb. Today the role of the non-profit is more urgent and more important than ever. And yet that work is harder and harder than ever.

SLIDESHOW: Honor Top Do-Gooders For National Volunteer Month!

Posted 04.03.2012 | Impact

The volunteers who bring hot meals to the homebound and perform backbreaking labor for tornado victims aren't interested in fame. They give up their t...

The Hunger Epidemic No One Is Talking About

Enid Borden | Posted 05.18.2012 | Impact
Enid Borden

We still have many millions -- and their numbers are growing -- who face the threat of hunger on any given day. The Old Face of Hunger, unlike the younger one, has no way out. There is no job waiting for the 87-year-old.

Help This Man With Cerebral Palsy Continue To Feed The Hungry

Posted 01.17.2012 | Impact

Scotty Crocker loves volunteering with Meals on Wheels and doesn't let his cerebral palsy stand in his way. But the uneven concrete and tree roots in ...

Top Ways To Volunteer, Donate To Charity This Holiday

Posted 11.17.2012 | Impact

As you continue to cross presents off your holiday shopping list, remember those who are need of your time and generosity, but may not be able to ask ...

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish -- To Fight Hunger

Enid Borden | Posted 09.25.2012 | Impact
Enid Borden

I've been doing what a lot of other people have been doing lately. I've been reading Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson. I have been a fan of Jobs for as ...

Spend A Little, Give A Lot

Posted 11.21.2011 | Fifty

There's no better way to spread the joy of the holiday season than to give to those in need. But as the seasonal charity solicitations being to tug at...

Will You Still Need Me? Will You Still Feed Me?*

Enid Borden | Posted 01.15.2012 | Fifty
Enid Borden

While I think a great deal about the whimsical nature of getting older, I am at once brought back to Earth by the policy and social implications of an aging population.

Beyond The Edible Schoolyard: Senior Citizens and the Quality Food Quagmire

Elissa Altman | Posted 12.25.2011 | Home
Elissa Altman

The quality of food fed to seniors by assisted living facilities and senior centers will continue to plummet unless we begin to place the same level of importance and social value in what and how we feed them as we do our children.

Hotel Bel Air Reopens... And the Swans Are Back!

Jay Weston | Posted 12.24.2011 | Los Angeles
Jay Weston

The formerly somewhat dreary hotel, nestled into the woods of rustic Bel Air, has been brightened, refurbished and rebuilt to maintain its oh, so romantic atmosphere while accommodating guests in this wired age.

Opening Night of LA Food & Wine Festival Is... Delicious!

Jay Weston | Posted 12.17.2011 | Los Angeles
Jay Weston

Heralded as having 30 chefs and 200 wineries, the Red Carpet opening night of the Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival lived up to its billing in spades.

In Light Of World Food Day, Help Fight Hunger In Your Own Backyard

Enid Borden | Posted 12.17.2011 | Impact
Enid Borden

I always thought it was true, but it is appalling to see it for oneself. In my hands were two grocery items - one snack-sized cream filled yellow ca...