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Celebrating economic success, waiting for economic justice
Last Friday in NY we rang the opening bell for trading on NASDAQ, as colorful confetti filled images were...
Maryland success highlights need for American Meals For Achievement
Public-private partnerships just earned a new vote of confidence thanks to the achievements of our No Kid Hungry campaign. Heading...
Letter From a Small Island in A Scary World
The world has been a fearsome place this summer. There’s no escaping the haunting horrors from Syria and Iraq, Israel...
Shaming Our Nation into Caring About Hunger
Last night NBC Nightly News used a newly released Feeding America report on hunger in America in 2014 as a...
On the 50th anniversary of LBJ’s “war on poverty” bill
This week makes the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the legislation that enacted his “war on poverty” into...
From last night’s wreath laying ceremony at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on 70th anniversary of D-Day
Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, one of those rare world-changing events that actually live up to such...
A Pulitzer Prize for Giving Voice to the Voiceless
I sent a note of congratulations last week to Eli Saslow of the Washington Post after he won a Pulitzer...
“The key to the future is finding the positive stories and getting people to tell them to each other.”
Last week I was in New York to speak at a social entrepreneurship forum that took its name, Go Big...
Goose Rocks Beach at First Light on New Year’s Day
There’s nothing like watching dawn break over Goose Rocks Beach in Maine. The first sign of light on the horizo...