Politics of Poverty

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The Human Cost of Inaction to Protect Workers in North Carolina

Strong pro-worker policies protect families and the economy. The North Carolina Justice Center explored the human and economic costs of North Carolina’s failure to implement these policies—and share how the lessons learned offer a blueprint for all states.

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Food Wars: Conflict, Hunger, and Globalization

Conflict is driving food crises and is a factor in almost all of the world’s hunger emergencies. While the link between violence and food insecurity is well-understood, policy analysts have less frequently studied the fact that war-displacement-hunger crises occur in countries that continue to rely heavily on primary product exports, such as food, agriculture, and extractive industry commodities. A new Oxfam paper examines these “food wars.”