EITC and CTC missing from tax break conversation
By Amelia Kegan Nearly two hours. The Senate Finance Committee on July 21 spent nearly two hours talking about expired tax benefits. Many items came up during those two hours: biodiesel, conservation...
View ArticleDevelopment Works: Short Essays Explaining Myths and Realities about...
Seven short essays make the case for effective international development assistance. Each short essay answer key questions from why development assistance is so important and what impact it has to...
View ArticleFederal Safety-Net Programs Continue to Keep Millions Out of Poverty
Washington, D.C., September 16, 2015 – Today, despite relatively little change in U.S. poverty numbers, Bread for the World points to new U.S. Census Bureau data showing that federal safety-net...
View ArticleBread for the World President Urges Food-Aid Reforms During House Committee...
Washington, D.C., October 7, 2015 – Today, Bread for the World president Rev. David Beckmann reaffirmed the need for key reforms in the U.S.’s international food-aid system in testimony before the...
View ArticlePan para el Mundo Exhorta Aprobación de Acuerdo de Presupuesto de Dos Años
Washington, D.C. – Pan para el Mundo exhorta a los gobernantes a que no demoren en aprobar el acuerdo presupuestario de los próximos dos años realizado la noche del pasado lunes por líderes del...
View ArticleBread for the World Urges Quick Passage of Two-Year Budget Deal
Washington, D.C. – Bread for the World urges lawmakers to quickly pass the two-year budget deal reached last night by congressional leaders and the White House. “Kudos to Speaker John Boehner for...
View ArticleDomestic Resource Mobilization for Development
At the Third Financing for Development Conference in July 2015, the United States pledged, through the Addis Tax Initiative, to significantly increase foreign assistance that supports countries in...
View ArticleAnti-hunger and Anti-poverty Programs Safe for Now
Congress Passes Two-Year Budget Deal [Note: this article appears in Bread’s 2015 November-December newsletter] By Jennifer Gonzalez and Amelia Kegan After months of fiscal gridlock on Capitol Hill,...
View ArticleBread for the World Welcomes Confirmation of New USAID Chief
Washington, D.C.– Bread for the World welcomes the confirmation today of Gayle Smith as the new administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “We wholeheartedly welcome the...
View ArticleStatement on Jeb Bush’s Proposal to End Food Stamps
Columbia, S.C.– In response to the proposal by presidential candidate Jeb Bush to eliminate the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) and replace it with...
View ArticleBread for the World Applauds Obama’s Optimism About the Future
Washington, D.C. – Bread for the World applauds President Obama’s optimism about the future and his call to ensure everyone has a fair shot at opportunity and security. Bread for the World believes...
View ArticleBread for the World Applauds Senate Committee’s Passage of the Global Food...
Washington, D.C. – Bread for the World applauds the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passage of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (S. 1252). The legislation will help alleviate hunger and...
View ArticlePan para el Mundo Aplaude Aprobación de la Ley de Seguridad Alimentaria por...
Washington, D.C. – Pan para el Mundo aplaude la aprobación unánime de la Ley de Seguridad Alimentaria de 2016 (GFSA por sus siglas en inglés) por parte del Comité de Asuntos Exteriores del Senado de...
View ArticleBread for the World Applauds House Passage of the Global Food Security Act
Washington, D.C. – Bread for the World applauds the House of Representatives’ passage of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (H.R. 1567/S. 1252). This bipartisan bill will help alleviate hunger and...
View ArticlePan para el Mundo Aplaude Aprobación de Ley de Seguridad Alimentaria Global...
Washington, D.C. – Con el apoyo de los congresistas hispanos Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), Loretta Sánchez (D-CA), José Serrano (D-NY), y Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX), entre muchos otros, la Cámara de...
View ArticleBread for the World Applauds Senate Passage of Global Food Security Act
Washington, D.C. – Bread for the World applauds the Senate’s passage of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (S. 1252). The legislation will help alleviate hunger and malnutrition in developing...
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Campus Pantries
Gaining Degrees in Hunger By Lacey Johnson When Kelli Moore visits her local community college, the trip is often two-fold: attend the classes she’s taking for her business degree and stock up on...
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Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, GUATEMALA: Alexander y Sheili superan la...
Catarina Pascual, madre de cuatro hijos, vive en la sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala. Ella no sólo nació dentro de una familia sumida en la extrema pobreza, sino que ha tenido que criar a sus...
View ArticleBriefing Paper: The Sustainable Development Goals in the United States
In 2015, the United States and 192 other countries agreed to work toward a set of goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by 2030. The SDGs build on the significant progress made during the...
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Recasting Lives
Giving rise to a new life By Marc Hopkins On a Friday evening in spring, Catherine (last name held for privacy) and one of her “allies,” Linda Berger, brewed herbal teas for postpartum mothers inside...
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