David Bacon
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon
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U.S.
A tribute to cabbage and its harvesters
July 5, 2018However we eat it cabbage, and for whatever reason, it all comes out of this field and others like it.
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Labor
GOP guest worker (zombie bill) lives on
July 3, 2018The Republican effort to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill went down in flames for the second time in a month.
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Environment
Hawaii: Puna’s people before the eruption
June 20, 2018The people of Puna lived in a beautiful part of the Big Island, a district of many small farms.
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U.S.
Farm boss to workers: “You came here to suffer”
June 15, 2018"Growers don't want to look at how they can make the workplace better and attract more workers. They just want what's cheaper."
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U.S.
Guest farm workers face exploitation, harsh conditions
June 13, 2018Many migrant workers on H-2A temporary agricultural visas are forced to contend with unsafe working conditions, wage theft and other labor law violations.
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U.S.
We can change an unjust immigration policy
June 6, 2018If you think this isn't possible, remember that a decade after Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act.
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World
Iraq elections: A step toward rebuilding popular power
May 30, 2018A growing progressive alliance, recovering its oil wealth, could make Iraq a country to be envied by its neighbors instead.
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Environment
What’s in store for Hawaii landscape after eruptions?
May 29, 2018The landscape of congealed lava, after an eruption, is desolate and surreal, but in its way, also strangely beautiful.
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