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Kei Pritsker, Eugene Puryear
Hunger Stalks the United States
18 Sep 2021
The Unity and Survival Program of the Philadelphia Liberation Center provided essential food support to a struggling population as the pandemic wreaked havoc. Their success demonstrates that the…
Newsclick Report
The Long Shadow of Hunger in India
03 Sep 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and the government’s ill-conceived and heartless response have left the people of India devastated.
Anna Majavu, Nomfundo Xolo
Community at the Heart of Hunger Struggle in South Africa
28 Aug 2021
Communal gardens and farming enterprises are the beginning of sustainable food sovereignty in South Africa, but a basic income grant is essential to address hunger in the shorter term.
Tanya Wadhwa
Vaccine Access Gap Widens in Latin America and the Caribbean
25 Aug 2021
After Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean is the region that has the lowest vaccination coverage. Amid global vaccine inequity, the region is facing additional disparity due to various others…
Vijay Prashad, Prasanth R., Zoe Alexandra
Hunger is the Story of Our Time
12 Aug 2021
Hunger continues to take lives across the world, every day. This global failure stems from the very nature of capitalism itself.
Satarupa Chakraborty
COVID-19 laid Bare the Struggles and Exploitation That Domestic Workers Face
17 Mar 2021
While domestic workers number in the tens of millions—constituting a major proportion of India’s workforce—their labor is not formally recognized, and they lack essential rights and guarantees.
Vijay Prashad, John Ross
The Difference Between the US and China’s Response to COVID-19 is Staggering
15 Sep 2020
While US continues to suffer the devastating impacts of poor management of the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s people-centered approach serves as a model to follow.
Anees Zargar
Srinagar City, Where Broken Souls Struggle to Find Their Way Amid Turmoil, Pandemic
08 Sep 2020
“This doesn’t look like the city I grew up in. There is sadness on one hand and certain brazenness on the other,” a 31-year-old resident of Srinagar said.
Zandile Bangani
The Impact of COVID-19 on Education
04 Sep 2020
The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation.
Tanya Wadhwa
Peru Hit Hard by Second Wave of COVID-19
13 Aug 2020
Peru is reporting more than 7,000 new cases every day and has the highest per capita death toll in the Latin American and Caribbean region.