The AJWS community has a lot to say about what's happening in the world. Read our insights about the struggle for justice and human rights around the globe — and meet the activists on the frontlines of the fight to build a better world.
An interesting article in the New York Times this week discusses the positive changes in Sauri, Kenya—one of the first of the Millennium Villages created by economist Jeffrey Sachs. In a nutshell, Millennium Villages offer an innovative model for helping rural African communities lift themselves out of extreme poverty through community-based projects related to health, …
I recently attended an event promoting Eric Holt-Giménez’s new book (co-authored by Raj Patel), Food Rebellions: Crisis and the Hunger for Justice. Eric is the executive director of Food First and a powerful advocate for transforming our broken food system. His presentation unpacked the causes of hunger worldwide and promoted a reinvestment in local food …
Never heard of it? Me neither. But for farmers in Assam, India, it’s become a life-saving—and crop-saving—phenomenon. Developed by crossing and refining local rice strains, flood-resistant rice varieties have undergone five years of testing and are intended to boost yields and ensure harvests despite worsening flood problems in the region. Pretty cool, right? According to …
In response to the February 10th New York Times editorial “Hungry in America,” Ruth wrote a letter to the editor putting hunger in global context. She asserts that “Band-Aid” solutions to food insecurity worldwide are not enough. And she insists that we “rethink the global food system.” Check it out!
Just over a month after the earthquake, conditions for Haitians remain dire even as relief work, recovery and reconstruction efforts begin. Starvation and malnutrition persist in ways unimaginable. The situation is so bad that the country’s poorest people have been subsisting on mudcakes or gato te in Creole. Made with a little salt, margarine and …
