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For centuries, colonial powers have used starvation as a tool to control Indigenous populations and take over their land and wealth. A look back at two historic examples on two different continents.
A Christian Palestinian human rights scholar who grew up in Bethlehem writes about the special time of Easter, but also about the restrictions on Palestinian Christians.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
We speak with Hilal Elver, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and current University of California professor about the looming famine in Gaza after months of Israeli attacks.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
Children are particularly at risk from malnutrition as food supplies in Gaza run out.
Arable land has been destroyed, as have food production sites. But even before the current operation in Gaza, Palestinians there suffered high rates of food insecurity.
Starvation is used as a military strategy to avoid costly losses to one’s own forces in unfavourable terrain or conditions.
Even though the Tigray war front moved past Dabba Selama several times, the community suffered less than other nearby villages.
A researcher at Tufts University near Boston discovered an old book full of research on starvation written by Jewish doctors imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Nuclear war would trigger a global food crisis lasting at least a decade, in which hundreds of millions or more would be likely to starve.
The story behind the research can be as compelling as the results. Recording the effects of starvation, a group of Jewish doctors demonstrated their dedication to science – and their own humanity.
Countries have used starvation as a war strategy for centuries, historically without being prosecuted. Three experts on hunger and humanitarian relief call for holding perpetrators accountable.
Proponents of intermittent fasting say the clock can help you win the battle of the bulge. But the science behind it is a little more complicated.
Those placing their faith in sanctions to turn Russians against the war in Ukraine know little about the country, its history and people, write two scholars who have studied Russian culture.
Even in the absence of a moral motive to alleviate famine, there is a strong rationale for the West to do whatever’s necessary to alleviate hunger in Afghanistan this winter.
For Indigenous Peoples Day, a scholar of Native American studies explains why understanding the tragic history of Indian boarding schools is important for healing to take place.
The average person is likely to be able to survive on a hunger strike for two months, provided they are drinking water. Here’s how the human body can manage for so long without food.
Usually when a leader handles a crisis poorly, it’s politically costly. But President Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis is not likely to hurt him, says an expert on health crises.
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Research Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Research Professor and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Henry J. Leir Professor in Food Security, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Research Professor, Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph
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Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy and Law, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Lecturer, San José State University
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Associate Professor of History, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina
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Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Professor of Geography, Ghent University
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Doctoral researcher, Ghent University
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Postdoctoral researcher, Ghent University
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Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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