Mariana Chilton

Food is not the hunger-ending hero we think it is The world has enough food. It's who controls the food that's the problem.

It won’t be a shortage of food, but rather the surplus of political hate & corporate greed that’ll ravage the global food supply as we know it

@marianachilton.bsky.social offers a path towards redemption

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

Glad NYT finally covering this. One of the most important injustices behind by these illegal firings. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

🥗 city-owned grocery stores let’s gooo!

About 12 Million Households Receive Both Medicaid and SNAP. The Reconciliation Bill Puts Them At Risk. Households that rely on both Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are spread throughout the country.

🥗 About 12 Million Households Receive Both Medicaid and SNAP. The Reconciliation Bill Puts Them At Risk.

Jonathan Schwabish for
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social

www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...

The Contrarian (@contrarian) With the passage of the Reconciliation Act, Republicans gutted a lifeline for millions while boosting corporate profits. @Mariana Chilton warns the real monster here is an insatiable hunger for power ...

My first piece with @contrariannews.org
Were working with monsters - we need to step it up.

substack.com/@contrarian/...

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

Glad to see NYT piece like this from a genocide scholar. Finally.

You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

ICYMI: “Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social has filed a bill to ban law enforcement officers in Tennessee, including ICE, from wearing masks while making arrests (and ID themselves) — the “Stop American Gestapo Act” www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet." 

If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?

Thorough, fantastic article about abuse of power and overreach of trauma specialists & CPS

Rep. Velázquez Touts Bill to Unmask ICE Agents During Rally at NYC Field Office The bill bars agents from wearing facial coverings during enforcement unless medically necessary or required for safety.

The bill bars agents from wearing facial coverings during enforcement unless medically necessary or required for safety.

Opinion | My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken.

Great piece- plz read it. Heartbreaking, heart rending. Let's keep up the fight for trans rights. Gift article from New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

Trump Withdraws From Agreement With Tribes to Protect Salmon

Rumpus admin carries out yet another betrayal of tribal govts. in Pacific northwest. Destroys a "deal" 10 yrs in the making to return water/salmon rights. Gift article here. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...

Research Note: Senate Republican Leaders’ Proposal Risks Deep Cuts to Food Assistance, Some States Ending SNAP Entirely | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities States, which must balance their budgets every year, would struggle to absorb these substantial new costs.

Low-income families could lose food assistance entirely if their state can’t afford new #SNAP cost-sharing rules proposed in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s reconciliation proposal. See how states could be impacted: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Outstanding piece. Damning & grief filled. Touches the deepest places in me, as I try to stay human and loving. Plz read whole thing.

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.

Fantastic analysis of massive inequalities in global economies, w. Policy recommendations for change wid.world/news-article...

Big thanks to Chris Costanzo for the very careful & tender read of Painful Truth— and to @fooddatanerd.com for sharing! ❤️

A Peach and Apple Farmer’s Uphill Quest to Feed Poor Families, and His Own

The gut punch news of how cuts in nutrition assistance programs and local buying programs affect farmers who grow good food.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...

In Emaciated Children, Gaza’s Hunger Is Laid Bare

It's overwhelming, unbearable. And yet, the people who say they work on hunger in US are silent. I'll be coming back into the fray. I just need a little more time to get my lungs & vocal chords back. Meantime, plz read.

Gift article The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...

José Mujica, Leftist President of Uruguay Known for Humility, Dies at 89

Sad for this news. I admire his humility and integrity.
Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

Video: Children Suffer From Malnutrition as Israel’s Blockade of Gaza Continues It has been over 60 days since Israel ordered a halt to all humanitarian aid entering Gaza. Israel says the siege will continue until Hamas releases all of its hostages.

People. This violence & indifference is intentional -- how is it that we allow it? The same way we allow "milder" forms of child hunger.
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Four reasons why Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the West Bank is being accepted by the world Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign in the West Bank is being accepted by the international community because it has already allowed genocide in Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians since 1...

Tough read of the truth: mondoweiss.net/2025/03/four...

Good overview of the purge and its consequences. www.thenation.com/authors/greg...

Brilliant analysis and warning. Listen to the whole thing.

Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear (Gift Article) What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.

Brilliant essay by Siddhartha Mukherjee on the dangers of privatization of public health infrastructure. We're careening toward disaster if we don't intervene. Here's the "gift" link. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...

YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel Chris Hedges FULL SPEECH at Workers Strike Back Conference

Greatest speech i've heard in a LONG time - Thank you, Chris Hedges. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Pn...

Americans want universal healthcare, not a colony on Mars.

And don’t tell me it’s about “innovation.”

Making sure every American has housing, food, and healthcare is innovation, too.

Thanks for calling it! The ugly truth comes out when ppl are under pressure.

Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

For more—and to sign— go to

saynotoethniccleansing.org