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Amy Goodman: Hunger numbers intolerable

November 20, 2009 “In the next 60 seconds, 10 children will die of hunger,” says a United Nations World Food Programme online video. It continues, “For the first time in humanity, over 1 billion people are chronically hungry.” The WFP has launched the Billion for a Billion campaign this week, urging the 1 billion people who use the Internet to help the billion who are hungry. But if you think that hunger is far from our shores, here is some food for thought ... and action: The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report Monday stating that in 2008, one in six households in the U.S. was “food insecure,” the highest number since the figures were first gathered in 1995. Read more