William Lambers
@williamlambers.bsky.social
author, journalist and historian. Published by Washington Post, Newsweek, NY Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dallas Morning News, Hartford Courant, History News Network and many other media outlets.
My story in today's Hartford Courant: Thanksgiving tradition of fighting hunger more important than ever www.courant.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion: Thanksgiving tradition of fighting hunger more important than ever
This Thanksgiving it’s important we remember this because many areas of the world are stuck in a vicious cycle of hunger and poverty.
www.courant.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My story in today's Hartford Courant: Thanksgiving tradition of fighting hunger more important than ever www.courant.com/2025/11/25/o...
My story published by the Hartford Courant raising awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
#Ukraine www.courant.com/2025/08/28/o...
#Ukraine www.courant.com/2025/08/28/o...
Opinion: Ukraine’s war victims need our help
The trauma of war stays with victims, especially the children.
www.courant.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My story published by the Hartford Courant raising awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
#Ukraine www.courant.com/2025/08/28/o...
#Ukraine www.courant.com/2025/08/28/o...
Thank you, my article is also available online at gazettenet.com/2025/08/21/g...
August 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thank you, my article is also available online at gazettenet.com/2025/08/21/g...
My latest story in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Feeding starving children must be America's mission | Opinion www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/08/03/f... #Gaza #Sudan
Feeding starving children must be America’s mission | Opinion
When starvation and malnutrition are reaching crisis levels in Gaza, Sudan and other war zones, it is not the time to pull funding from UNICEF and other organizations that feed hungry children, as …
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August 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My latest story in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Feeding starving children must be America's mission | Opinion www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/08/03/f... #Gaza #Sudan
"If we are serious about peace in the world today, we should be doing far more to feed hungry children. " Check out my story in the New York Daily News (July 30-page 23) America must feed the starving in #Gaza & beyond www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/30/a... #peace
America must feed the starving in Gaza & beyond
Starvation is occurring in Gaza as food shortages caused by the Israel-Hamas war continue to worsen. Lives and hopes for peace will be lost if we don’t take action. The United Nations warns o…
www.nydailynews.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"If we are serious about peace in the world today, we should be doing far more to feed hungry children. " Check out my story in the New York Daily News (July 30-page 23) America must feed the starving in #Gaza & beyond www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/30/a... #peace
In Sunday’s Washington Post I wrote a letter for a section on fighting hunger. Instead of budget cuts impacting poor and hungry children, we should be supporting school meals at home and overseas! It’s on page A22 (July 13 print edition) and online at www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
July 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In Sunday’s Washington Post I wrote a letter for a section on fighting hunger. Instead of budget cuts impacting poor and hungry children, we should be supporting school meals at home and overseas! It’s on page A22 (July 13 print edition) and online at www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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My latest at the #DesMoines Register: Thanks to our upbringing in #Iowa, every one of my classmates overcame significant obstacles to achieve a tremendous amount of success and individual accomplishments. #education #CedarFalls #K-12
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinio...
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinio...
The Cedar Falls Class of 1995 reunion showed me how Iowa helped us succeed | Opinion
In the 1980s and 1990s, we received high-quality Iowa public educations that have paid off 30 years later, writes Maria Reppas.
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July 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My latest at the #DesMoines Register: Thanks to our upbringing in #Iowa, every one of my classmates overcame significant obstacles to achieve a tremendous amount of success and individual accomplishments. #education #CedarFalls #K-12
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinio...
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinio...
Happy Fourth of July everyone and celebration of our Declaration of Independence! To read my full article at the Hartford Courant see
www.courant.com/2025/07/01/o...
www.courant.com/2025/07/01/o...
July 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Happy Fourth of July everyone and celebration of our Declaration of Independence! To read my full article at the Hartford Courant see
www.courant.com/2025/07/01/o...
www.courant.com/2025/07/01/o...
My story in the Hartford Courant on how we can help save global food aid from all the budget cuts! www.courant.com/2025/07/01/o...
Opinion: Celebrate America by saving our humanitarian tradition
Food aid is actually one of the least expensive parts of our foreign policy and most effective.
www.courant.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My story in the Hartford Courant on how we can help save global food aid from all the budget cuts! www.courant.com/2025/07/01/o...
Dwight Eisenhower telling a story about the might of America in a speech about overseas aid for children. Eisenhower was a spokesperson for the 1948 Crusade for Children. We could sure use the Crusade today to reverse the budget cuts to global food aid.
#eisenhower #history #overseasaid #foodaid
#eisenhower #history #overseasaid #foodaid
June 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Dwight Eisenhower telling a story about the might of America in a speech about overseas aid for children. Eisenhower was a spokesperson for the 1948 Crusade for Children. We could sure use the Crusade today to reverse the budget cuts to global food aid.
#eisenhower #history #overseasaid #foodaid
#eisenhower #history #overseasaid #foodaid
My story in the Baltimore Sun on how our leaders can learn from the military about humanitarianism and increase global food aid. #army250 #history
How we can better honor the US Army | GUEST COMMENTARY
A good way to celebrate the 250th anniversary might be to remind our leaders of the great humanitarianism shown by our soldiers, writes William Lambers.
www.baltimoresun.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Drop the flowers gently
On their green graves;
Tenderly, lovingly
Let them a tribute be
From the land, great and free,
They died to save
Part of a poem read at Decoration Day in 1868. See my story for #MemorialDay in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at @stltoday.com www.stltoday.com/opinion/colu...
On their green graves;
Tenderly, lovingly
Let them a tribute be
From the land, great and free,
They died to save
Part of a poem read at Decoration Day in 1868. See my story for #MemorialDay in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at @stltoday.com www.stltoday.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: 'Decoration Days' after the Civil War inspired Memorial Day
The origins of Memorial Day can be found in the hearts of grieving families after the Civil War. Casualties were felt in almost every community. While the nation healed, families
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May 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Drop the flowers gently
On their green graves;
Tenderly, lovingly
Let them a tribute be
From the land, great and free,
They died to save
Part of a poem read at Decoration Day in 1868. See my story for #MemorialDay in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at @stltoday.com www.stltoday.com/opinion/colu...
On their green graves;
Tenderly, lovingly
Let them a tribute be
From the land, great and free,
They died to save
Part of a poem read at Decoration Day in 1868. See my story for #MemorialDay in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at @stltoday.com www.stltoday.com/opinion/colu...
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My latest at @iowacapitaldispatch.com: I don’t want to be “fixed” because I am not deficient, ashamed or broken. People with disabilities are different, not better or worse or the same. What we want are basic human rights and dignity. #ADHD #disabilities #equality
I don't want to 'fix' my disability. I want an even playing field • Iowa Capital Dispatch
"If you think having a disability is a coveted status, try living with one every day in this country."
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April 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My latest at @iowacapitaldispatch.com: I don’t want to be “fixed” because I am not deficient, ashamed or broken. People with disabilities are different, not better or worse or the same. What we want are basic human rights and dignity. #ADHD #disabilities #equality
My story in the Hartford Courant on how we can honor Pope Francis by helping the poor and hungry. This is especially important now amid U.S. cuts to global humanitarian aid. www.courant.com/2025/04/25/o... #charity
Opinion: The best way to honor Pope Francis
“It bears repeating time and again: poverty, inequalities, lack of access to basic resources such as food, drinking water, health, education, housing, are a serious offence to human dignity!”…
www.courant.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My story in the Hartford Courant on how we can honor Pope Francis by helping the poor and hungry. This is especially important now amid U.S. cuts to global humanitarian aid. www.courant.com/2025/04/25/o... #charity
This is what America did at Easter in 1915 when Belgium was near starvation from WWI. We can learn from this history and save our current humanitarian programs from cuts. See my story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer..... #Easter #history
America’s Easter Argosy ship of World War I still inspires with its spirit of generosity and hope: William Lambers
America's Easter Argosy ship of World War I still inspires with its spirit of generosity and hope, writes guest columnist William Lambers about U.S. WWI relief efforts during Easter 1915 that aimed to...
www.cleveland.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We need to be increasing global food aid during time of escalating conflicts and hunger! Check out my story in Friday's Sacramento Bee (page 10B and online) #Easter #history #USAID #foodaid
How the Easter season can inspire meaningful action on global food shortages | Opinion
“In the past, Easter has inspired us to act in the fight against world hunger. It should do so today, too.”
www.sacbee.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Secretary of State George Marshall: "food is a vital factor in our foreign policy." See my story in the Cedar Rapids Gazette @thegazette.com on how fighting hunger helped the Marshall Plan. www.thegazette.com/guest-column... #peace #foreignaid #history
Opinion: The Marshall Plan still inspires peace
When President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe on April 3, 1948 the American people were already …
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April 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Secretary of State George Marshall: "food is a vital factor in our foreign policy." See my story in the Cedar Rapids Gazette @thegazette.com on how fighting hunger helped the Marshall Plan. www.thegazette.com/guest-column... #peace #foreignaid #history
America has a humanitarian tradition. Even during WWII we were feeding the hungry overseas. We must continue that tradition today with hunger all around the globe. We must save #USAID and Food for Peace. See my story in the Fort Myers News-Press! www.news-press.com/story/opinio...
USAID and our humanitarian tradition must be saved | Opinion
U.S. farms are an important supplier of Food for Peace and shutting it down impacts them too
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March 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
America has a humanitarian tradition. Even during WWII we were feeding the hungry overseas. We must continue that tradition today with hunger all around the globe. We must save #USAID and Food for Peace. See my story in the Fort Myers News-Press! www.news-press.com/story/opinio...
My story at Newsweek on why we should be saving children from hunger instead of closing USAID. We should be increasing funding for aid with hunger escalating! newsweek.com/restore-usai... #USAID #foodforpeace
Restore USAID and Rescue Children from Deadly Malnutrition | Opinion
It's time to end the war on American's humanitarian tradition and get things up and running again.
www.newsweek.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My story at Newsweek on why we should be saving children from hunger instead of closing USAID. We should be increasing funding for aid with hunger escalating! newsweek.com/restore-usai... #USAID #foodforpeace
In Thursday's Dallas Morning News is my story on why we need to save USAID and Food for Peace! It’s on page 6A (Feb 13, 2025) and online at www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
#usaid #foodforpeace #saveUSAID
#usaid #foodforpeace #saveUSAID
February 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In Thursday's Dallas Morning News is my story on why we need to save USAID and Food for Peace! It’s on page 6A (Feb 13, 2025) and online at www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
#usaid #foodforpeace #saveUSAID
#usaid #foodforpeace #saveUSAID
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Immediate family doesn't accept you for who you are? Extended family can't pick you out of a lineup or have no idea you exist? My latest @additudemag.bsky.social column highlights how chosen family can mitigate the negative effects of a developmental disability. #ADHD #ADHDCommunity #ADHDSupport
“My Chosen Family Is the Support Network I Never Had”
Families comprise people thrown together by chance and genetics. Chosen families are built on shared experiences, similar life circumstances, and intentional decisions. When our families of origin fai...
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February 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Immediate family doesn't accept you for who you are? Extended family can't pick you out of a lineup or have no idea you exist? My latest @additudemag.bsky.social column highlights how chosen family can mitigate the negative effects of a developmental disability. #ADHD #ADHDCommunity #ADHDSupport