Hungerreport.org Website Review

THIS CHRISTMAS, GIVE TO HELP END HUNGER. MAKE A YEAR-END GIFT TODAY. Ending global hunger and extreme poverty is within our grasp. Incomes are rising even in countries once thought to be facing insurmountable challenges, showing that progress is possible anywhere when barriers are removed. A global consensus has now formed that 2030 is an In the United States, the preferred way of ending hunger is by ensuring that everyone who wants a job can get one and that it pays a sufficient wage. The bare minimum that defines a decent job is a sufficient wage, which should provide families with the means to put food on the table. For those who are raising children, a decent job should allow them to balance their responsibilities as an employee and Decent jobs are also the best way to end hunger and extreme poverty in developing countries. The zero-sum narrative holds that prosperity in another part of the world must come at the expense of workers in the United States. But it doesn't have to be this way. Better policies can make the difference. We can reclaim the American Dream for all in our country, and we can share that powerful dream with our neighbors who The incomes of all but a small percentage of families in the United States have been stagnant for a generation. Since 1980, an overwhelming share of gains from economic growth in the United States has gone to the richest households, starting at the top 1 percent of all income earners (see Figure 1). At the other end of the income distribution, the lowest-earning households have been losing ground. Incomes are worth less today than in 1980 when adjusted for inflation. Much of the progress against hunger and poverty in the United States over the past 50 years is due to government programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition As*istance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). These programs are indispensable. They have had to carry the load for national food security even though economic growth has been more than