David Bacon
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon
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Aging in the fields: No alternative but to keep working
June 1, 2016"I had to work out of necessity. My mother couldn't support my younger siblings alone, and I'm the eldest daughter."
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Twenty years of cross-border solidarity: A history in photographs
May 17, 2016Organizing and solidarity between workers on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border has a rich history.
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“On the Streets, Under the Trees”: Homelessness in urban and rural California
May 9, 2016In the Bay Area and Los Angeles, homeless activists are taking the tactics of Occupy a step further.
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Think about immigration like a nurse
April 20, 2016If the nurse fears that if they check her documents she'll lose her job or worse, she likely won't have to think a long time before signing that union card.
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Rebellion growing in Juarez border factories
April 7, 2016Workers have marched through the streets and demanded recognition of independent unions.
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No country for old people
March 16, 2016Is there a human right to age in dignity? Some countries think so. Unfortunately, ours isn't one of them.
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Lead in Flint water, mold in Detroit schools
March 4, 2016The catastrophic levels of pollution and destruction are a direct result of extreme right-wing policies.
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Taxi drivers of the back 40
February 23, 2016At the St. Louis airport, the Back 40 isn't part of a ranch. It's the nickname taxi drivers give to a big parking lot just up the road.
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