A regular, non-comprehensive roundup of current news links on hunger and poverty issues from around the Web.
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Maria Rose Belding, 19, believes in the power of lobbying.
Bread for the World has long supported the MDGs as a way to help the world’s poor move out of a cycle of hunger and poverty.
By Christopher Ford
Health care has been a hot topic in the news again since the Supreme Court’s ruling last month to uphold...
By Patricia Bidar
When a couple pulls up stakes as they prepare for retirement, the common move might be to a bucolic...
By Michelle Warren
Fear. Courage. Restoration.
For the past several years, pastors and ministry leaders in Colorado...
Five of every six low-income children who received a school lunch daily will not receive those meals during summer vacation.
Updated August 10, 2015
By Rev. Douglas L. Meyer, Pastor Quentin Mumphery, and Rev. Brian Roots
"If you...
The latest in a series exploring passages from The Poverty & Justice Bible.
University leaders have an official group to address hunger.
Summer feeding sites are crucial to the health of children, especially those who come from low-income families.
One of the best aspects of our democracy is the power of the individual, the right of a citizen to speak up and be heard by our...
“For someone who was unable to come to speak and worried about their children or not having enough food for themselves, we were...
By Alex T. Wheelwright
The United States is home to an astonishing 2.3 million prisoners, the vast majority of whom are not...
Sometimes all it takes is a few questions to realize that hunger is a common occurrence even in today’s society.
We have a responsibility to practice good stewardship of all the natural resources entrusted to our care.
The percentage of Americans reporting an inability to afford food is the lowest it has been in seven years.
By Averill A. Amor
Goyoden is a small, rural town on the coast of one of the islands in the Philippines. Growing one’s own...
A food pantry that runs like a market-style grocery store.
Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ congregants write letters to their elected officials.
Editor’s note: This is a first-person account told to Bread staff members by a Bread colleague about the importance of good...
This weekend was big. One thousand Christian advocates from across the country descended upon Washington, D.C.
The season of Lent calls us as followers of Christ to a time set apart to dig into our own failures and seek God's grace and mercy...
By Bread Staff
Today concludes the Bread Blog posts celebrating Women’s History Month. It is fitting that it comes a few...
In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, Bread Blog, Institute Notes, and Bread for...
By Jennifer Gonzalez
In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, Bread Blog, Institute Notes, and Bread...
