Strong nutrition policy has two inseparable goals: assuring that food served is nutritious and that everyone who needs it can get in line. We currently have an administration that claims to support healthy food access for children by improving nutritional content (an as-yet-unfulfilled promise), while also cutting funding for programs that keep children healthy and fed (a threat demonstrably fulfilled).
Alicia Jackson endorsed a key FDA policy change on hormone replacement therapies while holding at least $115,000 in stock in a company providing access to menopause treatments. Ethics experts called her endorsement an “obvious conflict of interest.”
CSPI is part of a class action lawsuit against NIH, HHS, and DOGE, challenging censorship of crucial research grants. Learn how to help defend public health.
NIH is targeting and terminating grants for research studies that it thinks will communicate disfavored viewpoints on diversity, gender identity, climate change, and more, violating First Amendment rights and threatening the future of public health.
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New CSPI-Johns Hopkins-More Than Food report shows how retailers can boost nutritious food donations amid rising prices, SNAP cuts, and shrinking federal support.
The Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) has led a grassroots campaign to bolster the work of the Healthy School Meals for All Coalition and advocate for the full funding needed to make free school meals a reality for every public school student in Illinois.
One in four Los Angeles County households have unreliable or limited access to healthy and nutritious food. The Los Angeles Food Policy Council and partners in the fight for Good Food know that the issue of food and nutrition insecurity is pervasive and longstanding—but there are solutions out there.
The Community Champions initiative in Clayton, Georgia, has spent the last three years investing in local voices, building leadership, and creating pathways for communities to advocate for healthier, more equitable futures.
