Newsroom and Stories
A gratifying early review for IMAGINATIONS OF UNREASONABLE MEN
Any author braces themself for their book’s pub date by saying reviews don’t matter, but it is actually a huge...
Behind the scenes at Larry King Live
Because L.A. traffic is so impossible to judge, everyone arrived early for Larry King Live: me, Jeff Bridges and eve...
The morning after – what the election means for our No Kid Hungry Campaign
If ever there were an election that affirmed our critical role in filling the gaps that result from the failure...
A Ray of Hope for Kids in Results of Election?
It would impossible to overstate how pre-occupied all of Washington will be with the election results. The House will almos...
Creating Community Wealth – The Next Generation
Yesterday I spent an hour via video conference with 25 students from the Honors College at the University of Alabama...
The politics of helping hungry kids
You’ve probably noticed that the media these past few days has been reinforcing the conventional wisdom with new polls and...
Child Nutrition Reauthorization: The Perfect and the Good
This morning I re-read the last chapter of Jonathan Alter’s book The Promise, about Obama’s first year in office. I...
Sounds of Silence Greet Shocking New Poverty Statistics
Here’s a philosophical variation of the “if a tree falls in a forest” question for you: if 44 million Americans...
A Layer of Vulnerability That is Almost Irrevocable
I had coffee yesterday with George Jones, the executive director of Bread For the City (to which Share Our Strength last year made...