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Cecilia Sirianni's small office at Massabesic High School can sometimes get a bit messy. Piles of donated clothes and boxes of snacks fill cabinets and shelves — all for students at the rural district in York County, Maine. For more than a decade, a big part of Sirianni's job has ...  Show more

This August will present a milestone: 20 years since welfare reform. The federal government overhauled the cash assistance program for poor families, replacing it with a new system called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF.Among the biggest changes, states now contr ...  Show more

There's a labor shortage on farms in the U.S., and that has implications for all of us who enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables. For farmers across America, finding enough labor has become a top concern. Decades ago, whole families of migrant farmworkers, the majority of them from M ...  Show more

Looking beyond oil, NASA, and football, Anthony Bourdain explores Houston’s diverse cultures. He watches a Bollywood-style dance in a grocery store, attends a quinceañera in suburban Pasadena, and sees the city’s slab car (modified vehicle) parade. Plus, he makes time for Viet-Ba ...  Show more

The price of food is rising alongside fuel, energy and other costs, and experts are warning that households face the biggest squeeze on disposable incomes for at least 30 years. On average the lowest income families spend twice as much on food and housing bills as the richest fam ...  Show more

Seta Tutundjian is the Director of Programs at the International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), a non-profit joint venture between the UAE Govt and the Islamic Development Bank. She had spent 15 years working with USAID in Jordan, strengthening institutions and working ...  Show more