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Millions of people nationwide face hunger. And the COVID-19 pandemic has thrust even more Americans into this vulnerable position. Before the COVID-19 crisis began, one in nine people, including 10 million children, already lived in a food insecure household. Communities of color are disproportionately affected by both poverty and...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — COVID-19 has caused a big spike in poverty, and now California has the country’s highest number of children experiencing hunger with 2.2 million kids living in food-insecure households, where at least one family member does not have enough to eat. Tamara Sandberg, advisor for U.S. food...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – COVID-19 ha provocado un gran aumento en la pobreza, y ahora California tiene el mayor número de niños que padecen hambre del país con 2.2 millones de niños que viven en hogares con inseguridad alimentaria, donde al menos un miembro de la familia no tiene suficiente...
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Jenny Manrique; Translation by Arturo Hilario Ethnic Media Services When Jovanna López realized that the food received by immigrants, blacks, and indigenous people who stood in long queues at food banks in San Antonio, Texas, was out of date or rotten, she set out to work so that these...
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Jenny Manrique Ethnic Media Services Cuando Jovanna López se dio cuenta que la comida que recibían inmigrantes, negros e indígenas que hacían largas colas en los bancos de alimentos en San Antonio, Texas, estaba vencida o podrida, se puso como tarea trabajar para que estas comunidades pudieran acceder a...
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During this Advent season we all have so much to get done and be thankful for this 2019 year. To me, continued support of EO and its staff is at the top of the list. Thank you all for making our continuing operations possible. Those EO readers who want...
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Mary Kuhlman Public News Service COLUMBUS, Ohio – Historic changes to one of the nation’s foremost anti-hunger programs will be debated today in the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. After its release just last week, the House of Representatives’ version of the 2018 Farm Bill is expected to move swiftly through the...
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Estephany Haro El Observador As the summer comes to an end, college students across the Bay Area are getting ready to go back to school. But instead of worrying about what to wear the first day of class or if friends are in the same classes, many of them...