food insecurity
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Food Deserts Continue Within D.C.’s Southeast-Based Environs
The significant differences between the District's eight wards have particularly been of grave concern and garnered the attention of the…
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Bowie State U. Opens Pantry to Combat Student Food Insecurity
Bowie State University in Maryland has opened a new food pantry to benefit students with food insecurity.
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Food Apartheid Still Threat to Health, Welfare of Nation’s Blacks, Poor
As the D.C. Council and Mayor Muriel Bowser move toward the review, debate and eventual approval of the FY 2021…
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Morgan State University’s Food Resource Center Helps Needy Students
Morgan State University announced the launch of a new Food Resource Center on its Baltimore campus, aiming to relieve students…
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Government Cuts to SNAP, WIC Affect Black Women: Report
Given that people of color — particularly African Americans — already face such high rates of maternal and infant mortality,…
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Child Watch: ‘Thank God for Peanut Butter and Jelly’
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Kaylyn Sigman is a high school senior with big plans. A star soccer…
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Child Watch: Hunger Doesn’t Get a Summer Vacation
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Many children and families eagerly look forward to the end of the school…
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Studies May Shed Light on Food-Stamp Purchases
Jonathan Ellis, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to release studies this spring that…
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In the Land of Plenty, Many Black Families Still Go Hungry
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As millions of families gather for marathon eating sessions across the…
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