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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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Displaced Palestinian children prepare to have a meal of rice near a food distribution point in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas militants.

American Muslims say they feel urgent need to send aid to Gaza this Ramadan as threat of mass starvation looms

Monica Haider, CNN March 11, 2024

The month of Ramadan feels heavier this year for 33-year-old Palestinian American Nadia Duwaik, than it has in the past. Duwaik told CNN she ordinarily approaches Ramadan excited about the chance to...

Nathan Ritchey (right) and volunteers packing up a visitor's food.

Flashes Fighting Hunger offers twice a week food drive

Taylor Haydu Reporter March 2, 2022

Flashes Fighting Hunger organizes food drives Wednesday and Friday afternoons to battle food insecurity in the community.The food is provided through partnerships and donations from stores and food banks...

Hunger and homelessness at Kent State: Challenge stigma, create community for insecure individuals

Becca Sagaris Health reporter September 19, 2019

In 2018 there were 43.1 million Americans living “below the poverty level” and 549,000 Americans that experienced homelessness, said a Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week website.“About 32 percent...