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NPR Profiles Hunger in America

Posted on November 23, 2005

Have you seen Struggling to Survive and World on Fire?

Both of these films address hunger and the food insecure in the USA and around the world. Some 38 million people in America are considered "food insecure," which means they have trouble affording to keep food on the table. NPR profiles families who have faced hunger in three different settings: rural, suburban and urban America.

View the stories in this series.

Related Films: World On Fire

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