The Weed Industry’s Trafficked Workforce
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and High Country News. How Chinese migrant workers in the Southwest fell through the cracks of justice systems — and fought back.
New York Dairy Workers Push for Better Protections Under New Bill
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Documented. Undocumented dairy workers say they face fear and lost wages at New York farms.
‘I don’t go out’: Vermont’s undocumented dairy workers live in fear after immigration raids
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian. A tenfold increase in the number of immigration detentions has compelled many workers to barely leave the farms where they work. This is Part Two of a two-part series.
‘They want to keep denying us our rights’: workers in Vermont’s $5.4bn dairy industry fight for basic labor protections
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian. Migrant labor fuels much of Vermont’s dairy industry, but workers are exempt from minimum wage rules, overtime protections and the right to unionize. This is Part One of a
Photo Essay: The Californians Powering America
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Magnum Photos, and Capital and Main. Powerful photos capture the lives and work of California immigrants whose contributions often go unseen or underappreciated. A selection of images from an exhibition at
Farmworker Youth Take to the Streets as Deportations and Displacement Threaten Their Parents
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Civil Eats. In Santa Maria, California, where 80 percent of the resident farm workforce is undocumented, deportation threats are a daily reality.
Trick Clock
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Baffler. On the job with a seasonal migrant worker.
They Believe Pesticides Caused Their Cancers. Proving It Is Almost Impossible.
Co-published with The Wall Street Journal. Farmworkers in California’s Salinas Valley work with pesticides tied to illnesses, including some cancers.
The Pride and Pain of the UFW March
Co-published with High Country News. California farmworkers and their advocates walked 335 miles to the state’s capitol in support of voting protections.
Housing Is a Right. During a Pandemic, It’s Also a Fight.
Co-published with The Nation. In California’s agricultural heartland, farmworkers are fighting back against expensive rents, substandard housing, and economic disenfranchisement.
