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Israel Is Desperate to Replace Palestinian Farmhands
Foreign Policy Magazine· 18 hours agoOdedara, a 30-year-old farmer from Porbandar, a city in western India, was aware of the risks of working on an Israeli farm. Israeli farms are in dire...
'We belong here': Marquette professor documents 100+ years of Wisconsin's Latino history in new book
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoBy the summer of 1947, Tejano migrants worked in 23 of Wisconsin's 71 counties harvesting cucumbers,...
Editorial | Move forward with scale-down Horse Heaven Hills wind farm compromise
Tri-City Herald· 2 hours agoEditorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. More than 100 would have been visible from downtown Richland.
Merced College honors former president Duran, wife with award, renaming of business center
Merced Sun-Star via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoFormer Merced College president Ben Duran and his wife RoseMary Parga Duran receive President’s...
In demand but disempowered: why low-skilled migrant workers face even worse exploitation under NZ’s...
The Conversation· 5 days agoThe New Zealand government claims its recently announced changes to visa rules will address exploitation and unsustainable migration. In reality, the new rules are likely to have the opposite ...
Farming community reacts to governor's minimum wage veto
WCSH 6 Portland· 2 days agoDemocratic Gov. Janet Mills vetoed two farm worker rights bills on Tuesday, including one she put...
Chan Romero
Fandom· 3 days agoBoth had migrated to Montana during the Great Depression, seeking employment as migrant farm workers. The nickname "Chan" was bestowed ...
15 migrant couples to exchange wedding vows at Near North church
Chicago Sun-Times· 14 hours agoBack in Venezuela, Luis Rodriguez was the “popular boy” in high school: slim with an athletic build...
Temporary visas are vital tool amid farm labor shortage | Op-Ed
Seattle Times· 17 hours agoGrowers rely on farmworkers. Growers nationwide have had difficulty recruiting farmworkers for years...
Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThat can make them and their bosses hesitant to call in authorities over diseased animals. Many...