Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Feeding Children Rather Than Campaign Consultants

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           “Unparalleled”, “historic”, “staggering” were the words used by the press to describe the plan of the Koch brothers political n...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Seizing the Moment: An Emerging Consensus to Make Poverty a National Priority

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Politico reported yesterday that if Mitt Romney runs for president again he will make poverty one of the three pillars of his campaign (th...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

An inspiring example for the new 114th Congress: voters investing in kids

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           The 114 th Congress convenes today, constrained as usual by the conventional wisdom that Americans are frustrated and unwill...
Monday, January 5, 2015

Hunger during recession is tragic, during economic growth it’s an inexcusable betrayal

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            During the holidays the Commerce department reported the economy grew last quarter at its fastest rate in a decade.   Econom...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Small milestones, historic achievements on the path to ending hunger

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          When New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie last week signed a breakfast-after-the-bell bill I got excited about such...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

A Reminder This Thanksgiving That Charity is Not Enough

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NY Times contributing writer Tom Edsall has a new column worth reading this Thanksgiving morning, examining the recent mid-term election r...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Increasing civic participation as political participation shrinks

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Two recent articles reinforce a special dimension of Share Our Strength and so many other nonprofits.   The first is an analysis of the ...