Living Democracy, Feeding Hope

For too long Democrats have been derided as economically clueless tax-and-spenders. No wonder Americans so often vote against their own...

In early Obama—that is, pre- nominee presumption—I heard a music-to-my-ears refrain. It went something like this: This historic moment is...

...tell ‘em to talk to my friend Harry Rhodes. He’s proof that “healthy, local, and organic” isn’t just for foodies and the so-called...

Too bad. I depend a lot on NPR, so my heart sank as I listened to Morning Edition’s recent series on the world hunger crisis. Using...

If you Google “food scarcity,” you’ll find hundreds of thousands of links. It’s everywhere — including at the recent G8 Summit in Japan....

“Finish your supper, Francie, children are dying in China,” I heard growing up. It didn’t make sense to me then, and British Prime...