Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Hope and Julian Limberg study (PDF) the effects of tax cuts for the rich – concluding that they lead to worsened…
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kat Devlin and J.J. Moncus point out how people were justifiably pessimistic about burgeoning inequality even before a pandemic which has further consolidated…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ari Rabin-Havt argues that any available means of treating COVID-19 need to be viewed as public goods to be made available to all,…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Robert Reich discusses how Donald Trump’s insistence on pushing reopening without a plan to alleviate an ongoing pandemic has led to disaster both…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board argues that Canada has put far too few resources toward actually stopping the spread of the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Patricia Cohen discusses how the COVID-19 lockdown has exposed the precarious financial position of most Americans – but in the process highlighted that…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Andrew MacLeod writes about the importance of patience in the face of astroturfed demands to put more workers’ lives at risk in…
Why Can’t We Feed Everyone?
If a mother and father fail to feed their children for any long period of time, the government will step in for the sake of the children and take action.…
Why Can’t We Feed Everyone?
If a mother and father fail to feed their children for any long period of time, the government will step in for the sake of the children and take action.…
The Redneck Con Larry Miller Disgraces Himself Again
The next time you hear Rona Ambrose call her zombie party the new/nouveau Cons, send her a message with just two words in it: Larry Miller.Because O'l Larry is still…
The Ghastly Leona Aglukkaq and the Hungry North
We all know that Leona Aglukkaq is a shameless climate change denier and the worst Environment Minister in Canadian history.We know that she is one of the most aggressive hecklers…
Why is Purolator tackling hunger?
I confess that one of my minor pleasures is watching CFL games on TSN. Among the endless game interruptions is an ad/public service announcement in which genial Chris Schultz, member…
Save the Oceans!
What’s a marine biologist doing talking about world hunger? Well, says Jackie Savitz, fixing the world’s oceans might just help to feed the planet’s billion hungriest people. In an eye-opening…
Hungry? Have a bowl of fresh worms/bugs or cook them and then enjoy
“A team of students from McGill University has proposed insect-infused flour as a possible solution to the global food crisis.” Looks delicious. Dig in.:)
Will India defeat malnutrition?
India has a lot of a lot of things, including hungry people. It has the world’s second largest population and the world’s second highest percentage of malnourished children. It also…
Hungry in Canada: One-in-Five Skip Meals to Help Make Ends Meet
By: Food Banks Canada | Press Release: TORONTO, May 6, 2013 – Today, food banks across the country are asking Canadians to join the Hunger Awareness Week movement from May…
Hunger count 2011
Every March Food Banks Canada surveys it's members compiling comprehensive data on hunger and food bank use across Canada. Hunger Count 2011 was released yesterday and as always the numbers…
Child Obesity: Abuse Or Moral Panic
A number of articles were sent my way today about the phenomenon in the USA and Scotland - and probably in Canada - of charging parents with child abuse if…
Population Growth & The Environment
There has been a debate going on for over 50 years as to whether the primary cause of the growing environmental crisis is over-population or over-consumption. The debate still continues,…