Ask Pacific Standard: Food Insecurity Key Takeaways News in Brief Social Justice Why Is Participation in Food Assistance Programs Like WIC Declining? New analysis of federal data shows the largest single-year decrease in WIC's history. Participation is down in SNAP and the school lunch program too. See More
Social Justice USDA Puts Food Deserts On the Map It’s "soda, soda everywhere and not a vitamin in sight" across swaths of America identified in the USDA’s new online "food desert locator map." See More
Social Justice Adhering to Cultural Norms Can Help Immigrants Elicit Acceptance, Study Finds New research finds Germans are less likely to help a hijab-wearing Muslim woman, but this bias fades if she demonstrates agreement with the national consensus that littering is bad. See More