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Frances Lappé

Frances Moore Lappé is the author of sixteen books, including, most recently, Getting A Grip : Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad. For more information, go to www.smallplanetinstitute.org.

Currently

  • The Only Fitting Tribute

    March 20, 2008

    For Roosevelt, the New Deal was a way of advancing freedom, which depended on economic as much as political rights.

2006

  • A Right to Food?

    August 24, 2006

    Hunger is a violation of basic rights: a right to food, but more important, Bolivian and Brazilian experience suggests, a right to power.

  • Hunger Is Not a Place

    January 5, 2006 Subscribe

    It's not true that only the rich can help the poor. We must work to empower nations like Bangladesh that are addressing the problem of hunger by creating networks of schools, health training and micro-loans.

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