Bread for the World
At US Capitol, Christians protest budget cuts
By Lauren Markoe — March 29, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Wearing sackcloth and ashes, the group pitched a wooden cross on the grass and prayed for the nation's vulnerable.
Bread for the World puts price tag on hunger: $160 billion in health care
By Adelle M. Banks — November 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) The leader of Bread for the World compared the U.S. rates of infant mortality to a “massive terrorist attack” as he released the Christian anti-hunger group’s annual report Monday that showed the costs of hunger in this country.
COMMENTARY: Cutting food stamps is a bad way to balance the budget
By David Beckmann — November 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) This debate is about more than simply balancing our federal budget -- it’s about our values as a nation. It’s about how we treat the least of these.
Faithful Filibuster: Christian leaders read Scripture, exhort Congress to care
By Katherine Burgess — October 9, 2013
(RNS) “In the midst of a crisis when we don’t really know what to do, we thought, ‘Let’s read the Bible and hear what God has to say,’” said David Beckmann of Bread for the World.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Congress must address real roots of immigration
By David Beckmann — February 26, 2013
(RNS) Any discussion of immigration reform must recognize the international causes that drive unauthorized migration to the United States: hunger, poverty, lack of economic opportunity and inequality.
What do religious leaders want for Obama’s next four years?
By Adelle M. Banks — November 6, 2012
(RNS) Religious leaders already have their wish lists ready for President Obama's second term. Here are 10 officials' thoughts about what they’d like to see in the next four years. By Adelle M. Banks and Jeanie Groh.
Liberal Christian leaders blast GOP tax bill
By Chris Lisee — August 1, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) A coalition of liberal Christian leaders blasted a GOP plan that would extend Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy while slashing key provisions for the poor. By Chris Lisee.
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