AP Analysis: Despite push, food deserts remain barren, By Mike Schneider (AP), December 6, 2015, The Columbian: “As part of Michelle Obama’s healthy eating initiative, a group of major food retailers promised in 2011 to open or expand 1,500 grocery or convenience stores in and around neighborhoods with no supermarkets by 2016. By their own count, they’re far short. Moreover, an analysis of federal food stamp data by The Associated Press reveals that the nation’s largest chains — not just the handful involved in the first lady’s group — have since built new supermarkets in only a fraction of the neighborhoods where they’re needed most…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty