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In this pre-pandemic photo, children eat lunch in the cafeteria at East Brainerd Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee on October 2, 2019. (Photo: The Washington Post via Getty Images)

'We Cannot Go Backwards': Sanders, Omar Lead Push for Free School Meals Bill

"Every child deserves a quality education free of hunger," Sen. Bernie Sanders said. "A universal approach to school meals works." 

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

A man prepares his green grocer market stall at Stockport Market on March 12, 2021 in Stockport, England. (Photo: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Community Food Systems Should Be Part of the New Normal

A local, decentralised food system isn’t just good for consumers—it's got big benefits for farmers and our environment as well.

Christian Jaccarini ·

Children walk to school in Havana, Cuba on January 13, 2021. (Photo: YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)

36 Civil Society Organizations Urge Biden to Reverse Draconian Sanctions Against Cuba

"A policy position guided by human rights needs to address how U.S. sanctions towards Cuba severely limit the rights of Cuban citizens to food security, climate justice and dignity."

Jenna McGuire, staff writer ·

Migrant farm workers, Lake Forest, California (Photo: Shutterstock)

Support for Essential Labor Has Largely Excluded Migrant Women Farmworkers

How the migrant women farmworkers who put food on our tables are organizing for a better life after the pandemic. 

Rebekah Entralgo ·

An activist from the environmental group Greenpeace participates in a protest against the use of transgenic corn on November 8, 2004, in Mexico City. (Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images)

80 Groups Blast US Interference in Mexico's Phaseout of Glyphosate and GM Corn

"We call on Secretary Vilsack and Trade Representative Tai, as key leaders in the new administration, to respect Mexico's decision to protect both public health and the integrity of Mexican farming."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

A North Atlantic Right Whale sounds while feeding on plankton in Cape Cod Bay, off the coast of Provincetown. (Photo: Bill Greene/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Cottontail, Dead at 12

Cottontail, one of about 350 remaining North Atlantic right whales, did not have an easy life.

Tim Whitehouse ·

We found that women are facing economic struggles that have upended their ideas about pregnancy and parenting, but the same barriers that put them in this precarious position make it hard for them to get the health care they need to prevent pregnancy. (Photo:Getty/Stock Photo/ Rattankun Thongbun)

The Failing Safety Net Is Harming Reproductive Health

The women with the hardest time getting birth control were the same ones who have seen decreased income, food insecurity and inability to access food, transportation, and housing during the pandemic.

Tracy Lin ·

Some of the produce I have on hand: squash from last year’s harvest and a sweet potato that both need to be eaten soon, some greens and carrots from this week’s farmer’s market, and beans and peppers from the store. (Photo: Debi Smith)

Not Wasting Food to Save the World

Cutting food waste in our own homes can have a positive impact on both climate change and world hunger.

Debi Smith ·

Yemeni children from families who were affected by the war and blockade, receive a lunch meal from a charitable center on April 12, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Here's What the US Must Do to Help End Humanitarian Emergency in Yemen

Amanda Catanzano, International Rescue Committee's Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy, testified at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Yemen.

Amanda Catanzano ·

Public opinion supports rapid change. (Photo: Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP via Getty Images)

In a Time of Urgency and Hope, How Do We Move The Planet Forward?

With momentum finally heading in the right direction, we must seize this last, best opportunity to protect our future.

Frank Sesno ·