Working in a grocery store used to be a good, family-supporting career. Deliberate changes in the industry have driven workers into poverty, including 3,600 Giant Eagle employees.
Archive | Commentary
This following posts are commentaries authored by Just Harvest staff and the occasional guest blogger about hunger and poverty in public policy, culture and the media, and politics.
Trump’s new Budget repeats the worst of last year’s
Trump’s budget for the coming year really shows his commitment to the idea that government should serve the wealthy, not those in actual need of assistance or protection.
Our take on Gov. Wolf’s 2018-19 Budget for Pennsylvania
We’ve gone through Gov. Wolf’s 2018-19 budget and we’re happy with the priorities he expresses through the document. But we also have some concerns.
Take This Box and Shove It: Trump’s horrendous hunger plan
Buried in Trump’s new federal budget is an idea that deserves to see the light of day – so people can see it for what it is: extravagant waste and […]
Does Eating a Free School Lunch Give Kids “an Empty Soul?”
No, House Speaker Paul Ryan – getting a free lunch doesn’t mean no one cares for you. It means that everyone does.
Joel Berg: How We Can End Hunger in America (Part 2)
How did we go from almost ending hunger in America to having almost 42 million Americans lacking enough food? Because we were sold a myth.
Joel Berg: How We Can End Hunger in America (Part 1)
The people going hungry in America aren’t lazy. They simply do not earn enough to feed their families. That is the reality I have to grapple with and what Just […]
What Muslims believe about poverty and human dignity
As a Muslim, we have five pillars of faith. One is giving mandatory charity specifically to help the poor with the basic needs of human dignity.
My commitment to economic justice began at Just Harvest
Just Harvest’s tireless efforts give me hope that the vision of social and economic justice we believe in might one day be within reach.
What the 2016 Election means for social and economic justice
After a long political season, 125 million people voted in yesterday’s presidential election. Like many of them, I awoke this morning worried about the future.
