New Data from Bread for the World Shows Hunger and Poverty Rates in the African-American Community Are Not Increasing Fast Enough

AUDIO: Marlysa D. Gamblin, Domestic Advisor for Policy and Programs, Bread for the World Institute
(Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 12, 2019) – February is Black History Month, and while hunger and poverty declined among African Americans in 2017, food insecurity has still not dropped enough this past year to match the...

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Eighty-Three Percent of the Estimated 50 Million Low To Moderate Income People Over the Age of 50 in America Are Struggling With Some or All of the Components of Their Financial Lives

AUDIO: Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President, AARP Foundation
(Washington D.C., Tuesday, February 12, 2019) – Eighty-three percent (42 million) of the estimated 50 million low- to moderate-income people over the age of 50 in America are struggling with some or all of the components...

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New England Needs to Focus on Clean Energy in Order to Cut Climate Pollution

AUDIO: Greg Cunningham, Vice President and Director, Conservation Law Foundation’s Clean Energy and Climate Change Program
(Boston, MA, Thursday, February 7, 2019) – New England has enough power to weather even the most intense cold snaps. Rather than build polluting, expensive fracked gas pipelines – that will swiftly become obsolete – we...

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National Campaign Helps Americans Separate The Myths From Facts About Cancer Risk: February is Cancer Prevention Month

AUDIO: Alice Bender, MS, RDN, Director of Nutrition Programs, AICR
(Arlington, VA, Friday, February 1, 2019) – February is Cancer Prevention Month. The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is leading a national campaign to help Americans separate the myths from facts about cancer risk. Throughout...

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Comunidades Contra el Odio, una Iniciativa Nacional que Trabaja para Documentar y Abordar Incidentes de Odio, Recopila Historias Personales de Odio y Brinda Servicios de apoyo para Aquellos que lo Necesitan

Viernes 1 de Febrero de 2019 Estimado Director de Asuntos Públicos, Communities Against Hate (Comunidades Contra el Odio) es una iniciativa nacional que trabaja documentando e identificando actos de odio, colectando historias personales de odio...

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