Hunger rates are dropping in Maine, but still above pre-pandemic levels
More than 13% of Mainers are expected to face hunger in 2021 Share Updated: 7:13 AM EDT May 5, 2021
Hunger rates are dropping in Maine, but still above pre-pandemic levels
More than 13% of Mainers are expected to face hunger in 2021 Share Updated: 7:13 AM EDT May 5, 2021
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Show Transcript NOW.. PEOPLE THERE BEGIN TO CLEAN UP FROM THE DAMAGE. BACK HERE IN MAINE.. THE GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD BANK SAYS THE NUMBER OF MAINERS FACING HUNGER THIS YEAR IS DOWN SLIGHTLY.FROM 215-THOUSAND AT THE PANDEMIC S PEAK.TO A PROJECTED 182- THOUSAND. THAT S STILL 13- POINT-5 PERCENT OF MAINE.FACING FOOD INSECURITY. THIS PAST YEAR.THE GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTED 28-PERCENT MORE MEALS THAN IN 20- 19. AND THERE S ALSO A RACIAL DISPARITY. THE MAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY SAYS áPRE- PANDEMICá LEVELS OF FO
Cuban Artist Hospitalized On Day Eight Of Hunger Strike
05/03/21 AT 1:34 AM
A Cuban dissident artist was taken to the hospital Sunday, health officials in Havana said, on the eighth day of a hunger strike to protest authorities seizing his art.
Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, 33, is the leader of the San Isidro protest movement (MSI) of artists and intellectuals pressing for free speech and other rights in the communist nation.
The Cuban government has accused Otero Alcantara and other movement members of political revolt funded by the United States. A picture of Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara on the sixth day of his hunger strike, provided by Cuban poet and activist Katherine Bisquet Photo: Katherine Bisquet / -
02 May 2021, 07:05 pm
(Photo : Screenshot From Commons.Wikipedia.org) Warren Buffett Alright with Vice Chairman Says He s Disgusted With Cryptocurrency Success
While the likes of Elon Musk are celebrating the rise of cryptocurrency, other investors who have been around longer than Tesla and SpaceX CEO sometimes gravely disagree. Charlie Munger, the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, famous for being Warren Buffett s right-hand man, gravely disagrees with Bitcoin.
Charlie Munger Bitcoin Quote
Bitcoin News on Twitter quoted the Vice Chairman s thoughts regarding cryptocurrency linking an article to his statements. At the Berkshire Hathaway s regular annual shareholder meeting on Saturday, Charlie Munger gave a comment about Bitcoin in a Q&A session.