Mariana Chilton
@marianachilton.bsky.social
Truth teller focused on inequality, poverty, trauma, and racism
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The Painful Truth about Hunger in America: Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know--And Start Again a book by Mariana Chilton
A radical and urgent new approach to how we can solve the problems of hunger and poverty in the US. Most people think hunger has to do with food: researchers, policymakers, and advocates focus on prom...
bookshop.org
Support your local bookstore @bookshop-org.bsky.social & find my book for your kindhearted courageous auntie, kid, mom and dad. Great discussion topics all around. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
My newest piece on SNAP & moral decrepitude of Trump Admin. contrarian.substack.com/p/the-ugline...
The ugliness under SNAP’s veil and the beauty of sharing our food
The goodness of people’s hearts and willingness show up for each other is good soil that grows community and builds democracy.
contrarian.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My newest piece on SNAP & moral decrepitude of Trump Admin. contrarian.substack.com/p/the-ugline...
Fantastic piece by Andy Fisher -> Trump’s Pro-Hunger Agenda and the Cruel Logic of Capitalism thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/trumps-pro-h... #FoodInsecurity #Politics #SNAP via @mitpress.bsky.social
Trump’s Pro-Hunger Agenda and the Cruel Logic of Capitalism
Don’t forget that food insecurity has long been a feature of Republican politics, not a bug.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Fantastic piece by Andy Fisher -> Trump’s Pro-Hunger Agenda and the Cruel Logic of Capitalism thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/trumps-pro-h... #FoodInsecurity #Politics #SNAP via @mitpress.bsky.social
Reposted by Mariana Chilton
It won’t be a shortage of food, but rather the surplus of political hate & corporate greed that’ll ravage the global food supply as we know it
@marianachilton.bsky.social offers a path towards redemption
@marianachilton.bsky.social offers a path towards redemption
Food is not the hunger-ending hero we think it is
The world has enough food. It's who controls the food that's the problem.
contrarian.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It won’t be a shortage of food, but rather the surplus of political hate & corporate greed that’ll ravage the global food supply as we know it
@marianachilton.bsky.social offers a path towards redemption
@marianachilton.bsky.social offers a path towards redemption
Glad NYT finally covering this. One of the most important injustices behind by these illegal firings. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Glad NYT finally covering this. One of the most important injustices behind by these illegal firings. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Reposted by Mariana Chilton
🥗 city-owned grocery stores let’s gooo!
August 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🥗 city-owned grocery stores let’s gooo!
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🥗 About 12 Million Households Receive Both Medicaid and SNAP. The Reconciliation Bill Puts Them At Risk.
Jonathan Schwabish for
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social
www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
Jonathan Schwabish for
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social
www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
About 12 Million Households Receive Both Medicaid and SNAP. The Reconciliation Bill Puts Them At Risk.
Households that rely on both Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are spread throughout the country.
www.urban.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🥗 About 12 Million Households Receive Both Medicaid and SNAP. The Reconciliation Bill Puts Them At Risk.
Jonathan Schwabish for
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social
www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
Jonathan Schwabish for
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social
www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
My first piece with @contrariannews.org
Were working with monsters - we need to step it up.
substack.com/@contrarian/...
Were working with monsters - we need to step it up.
substack.com/@contrarian/...
The Contrarian (@contrarian)
With the passage of the Reconciliation Act, Republicans gutted a lifeline for millions while boosting corporate profits. @Mariana Chilton warns the real monster here is an insatiable hunger for power ...
substack.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My first piece with @contrariannews.org
Were working with monsters - we need to step it up.
substack.com/@contrarian/...
Were working with monsters - we need to step it up.
substack.com/@contrarian/...
Glad to see NYT piece like this from a genocide scholar. Finally.
You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Glad to see NYT piece like this from a genocide scholar. Finally.
You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Reposted by Mariana Chilton
ICYMI: “Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social has filed a bill to ban law enforcement officers in Tennessee, including ICE, from wearing masks while making arrests (and ID themselves) — the “Stop American Gestapo Act” www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
July 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ICYMI: “Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social has filed a bill to ban law enforcement officers in Tennessee, including ICE, from wearing masks while making arrests (and ID themselves) — the “Stop American Gestapo Act” www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
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McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet."
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
July 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet."
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
Thorough, fantastic article about abuse of power and overreach of trauma specialists & CPS
NEW: A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team.
Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social, photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social, photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job.
A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Thorough, fantastic article about abuse of power and overreach of trauma specialists & CPS
Reposted by Mariana Chilton
The bill bars agents from wearing facial coverings during enforcement unless medically necessary or required for safety.
Rep. Velázquez Touts Bill to Unmask ICE Agents During Rally at NYC Field Office
The bill bars agents from wearing facial coverings during enforcement unless medically necessary or required for safety.
buff.ly
June 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The bill bars agents from wearing facial coverings during enforcement unless medically necessary or required for safety.
Great piece- plz read it. Heartbreaking, heart rending. Let's keep up the fight for trans rights. Gift article from New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Opinion | My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken.
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Great piece- plz read it. Heartbreaking, heart rending. Let's keep up the fight for trans rights. Gift article from New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Rumpus admin carries out yet another betrayal of tribal govts. in Pacific northwest. Destroys a "deal" 10 yrs in the making to return water/salmon rights. Gift article here. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...
Trump Withdraws From Agreement With Tribes to Protect Salmon
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Rumpus admin carries out yet another betrayal of tribal govts. in Pacific northwest. Destroys a "deal" 10 yrs in the making to return water/salmon rights. Gift article here. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...
Reposted by Mariana Chilton
Low-income families could lose food assistance entirely if their state can’t afford new #SNAP cost-sharing rules proposed in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s reconciliation proposal. See how states could be impacted: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Research Note: Senate Republican Leaders’ Proposal Risks Deep Cuts to Food Assistance, Some States Ending SNAP Entirely | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
States, which must balance their budgets every year, would struggle to absorb these substantial new costs.
www.cbpp.org
June 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Low-income families could lose food assistance entirely if their state can’t afford new #SNAP cost-sharing rules proposed in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s reconciliation proposal. See how states could be impacted: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Outstanding piece. Damning & grief filled. Touches the deepest places in me, as I try to stay human and loving. Plz read whole thing.
“We are drowning in numbers, suffocating under the weight of quantitative measures of our loss, our suffering, our destruction. The tolls outpace my ability to record them.”
Can Anyone Hear Me? - Boston Review
Palestinians are only allowed to exist if we don’t cause discomfort for those who seek to erase us.
www.bostonreview.net
June 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Outstanding piece. Damning & grief filled. Touches the deepest places in me, as I try to stay human and loving. Plz read whole thing.
Fantastic analysis of massive inequalities in global economies, w. Policy recommendations for change wid.world/news-article...
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database
In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.
wid.world
June 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Fantastic analysis of massive inequalities in global economies, w. Policy recommendations for change wid.world/news-article...
Big thanks to Chris Costanzo for the very careful & tender read of Painful Truth— and to @fooddatanerd.com for sharing! ❤️
🥗 Book review:
@marianachilton.bsky.social’s The Painful Truth About Hunger in America
foodbanknews.org/book-review-...
@marianachilton.bsky.social’s The Painful Truth About Hunger in America
foodbanknews.org/book-review-...
Book Review: All You Need is Love, Food Banks - Food Bank News
Solving hunger may not have anything to do with food, but according to Mariana Chilton, it has everything to do with love.
foodbanknews.org
June 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Big thanks to Chris Costanzo for the very careful & tender read of Painful Truth— and to @fooddatanerd.com for sharing! ❤️
The gut punch news of how cuts in nutrition assistance programs and local buying programs affect farmers who grow good food.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
A Peach and Apple Farmer’s Uphill Quest to Feed Poor Families, and His Own
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The gut punch news of how cuts in nutrition assistance programs and local buying programs affect farmers who grow good food.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
It's overwhelming, unbearable. And yet, the people who say they work on hunger in US are silent. I'll be coming back into the fray. I just need a little more time to get my lungs & vocal chords back. Meantime, plz read.
Gift article The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...
Gift article The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...
In Emaciated Children, Gaza’s Hunger Is Laid Bare
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It's overwhelming, unbearable. And yet, the people who say they work on hunger in US are silent. I'll be coming back into the fray. I just need a little more time to get my lungs & vocal chords back. Meantime, plz read.
Gift article The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...
Gift article The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...
Sad for this news. I admire his humility and integrity.
Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
José Mujica, Leftist President of Uruguay Known for Humility, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Sad for this news. I admire his humility and integrity.
Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
People. This violence & indifference is intentional -- how is it that we allow it? The same way we allow "milder" forms of child hunger.
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: Children Suffer From Malnutrition as Israel’s Blockade of Gaza Continues
It has been over 60 days since Israel ordered a halt to all humanitarian aid entering Gaza. Israel says the siege will continue until Hamas releases all of its hostages.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
People. This violence & indifference is intentional -- how is it that we allow it? The same way we allow "milder" forms of child hunger.
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Tough read of the truth: mondoweiss.net/2025/03/four...
Four reasons why Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the West Bank is being accepted by the world
Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign in the West Bank is being accepted by the international community because it has already allowed genocide in Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians since 1...
mondoweiss.net
April 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Tough read of the truth: mondoweiss.net/2025/03/four...
Good overview of the purge and its consequences. www.thenation.com/authors/greg...
Gregg Gonsalves
Gregg Gonsalves is The Nation’s public health correspondent and codirector of the Global Health Justice Partnership and an associate professor of
www.thenation.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Good overview of the purge and its consequences. www.thenation.com/authors/greg...
Brilliant analysis and warning. Listen to the whole thing.
Noura Erakat: Trump's Abuses & Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest Are Products of U.S. Imperialism Coming Home
Noura Erakat: Trump’s Abuses & Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest Are Products of U.S. Imperialism Coming Home
Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat responds to the arrest of Columbia University student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil and situates it in the long, bipartisan history of anti-Palestine suppression...
www.democracynow.org
March 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Brilliant analysis and warning. Listen to the whole thing.