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27 January 2015
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Feeding Children Rather Than Campaign Consultants

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

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14 January 2015
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Seizing the Moment: An Emerging Consensus to Make Poverty a National Priority

Politico reported yesterday that if Mitt Romney runs for president again he will make poverty one of the three pillars of...

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06 January 2015
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An inspiring example for the new 114th Congress: voters investing in kids

           The 114th Congress convenes today, constrained as usual by the conventional wisdom that Americans are frustrated and unwilling to...

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05 January 2015
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Hunger during recession is tragic, during economic growth it’s an inexcusable betrayal

            During the holidays the Commerce department reported the economy grew last quarter at its fastest rate in a...

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30 November 2014
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Small milestones, historic achievements on the path to ending hunger

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

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27 November 2014
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A Reminder This Thanksgiving That Charity is Not Enough

NY Times contributing writer Tom Edsall has a new column worth reading this Thanksgiving morning, examining the recent mid-term electio...

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16 November 2014
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Increasing civic participation as political participation shrinks

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

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12 November 2014
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Why NY Mayor de Blasio should lead, not just wait and follow, the national movement for school breakfast after the bell

           Yesterday’s NY Times editorial  (http://tinyurl.com/lld5mzm) urging NY Mayor de Blasio to fulfill his campaign promise and make available breakfas...

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12 November 2014
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Nonprofits and Voter Apathy: Missing The Forest for The Trees

            You have to wonder if some of us who think of ourselves as change agents sometimes miss the fores...