We live in dangerous times. It will take the alchemy of organised people’s power to turn that danger into hope. In producing a chemistry for change, social justice journalism has a vital part to play.
What we have is not a short-term crisis to be solved by charitable food distribution, important though that is at this moment. No: what we have is a systemic problem. What we have is a food system that is deeply inequitable and that fails to deliver affordable, nutritious and culturally appropr.