PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 22 [Category: Sociological] (TNSrpt) -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * Famine Confirmed in Gaza: 500,000 Face Catastrophic Hunger * A new report released today by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirms what Mercy Corps and other aid organizations have urgently warned for months: Gaza is now experiencing famine. This is the first time a famine has been officially confirmed in the Middle East. Over half a million people more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (TNSrpt) -- The Government Accountability Project issued the following news release: * * * Unreleased East Palestine "Unmet Needs" Report Hides Threats to Community Following a lengthy legal battle, Government Accountability Project has obtained a previously undisclosed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) report exposing a wide array of unmet medical, infrastructure, and economic recovery needs in East Palestine, Ohio. The pre-decisional report, titled "Report on Lo more PR