The Reality Check

Stories and Photographs by David Bacon

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

WHY FARMWORKER LEGALIZATION FAILED

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WHY FARMWORKER LEGALIZATION FAILED The Farm Workforce Modernization Act's failure to become law reveals critical divisions within the im...
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Thursday, December 15, 2022

UNION HEALTH PLAN PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED SAFETY NET

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ILL HARVEST UNION HEALTH PLAN PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED SAFETY NET The Robert F. Kennedy farmworkers plan is limited, but it is the best option f...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

ILL HARVEST: TREATING FARMWORKERS ON THEIR TERMS

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 ILL HARVEST TREATING FARMWORKERS ON THEIR TERMS For California's indigenous farmworker population, healthcare that respects their tradi...
Friday, December 9, 2022

WHY BEING A FARMWORKER IS A HEALTH RISK

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ILL HARVEST WHY BEING A FARMWORKER IS A HEALTH RISK Both the nature of the work and flaws in the support system cause injuries and illness. ...
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davidbacon
David Bacon is a California writer and documentary photographer. A former union organizer, today he documents labor, the global economy, war and migration, and the struggle for human rights. His latest book, In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte (COLEF / UC Press, 2017) includes over 300 photographs and 12 oral histories of farm workers. Other books include The Right to Stay Home (Beacon Press, 2013).and Illegal People (Beacon Press, 2008), which discuss alternatives to forced migration and the criminalization of migrants. Communities Without Borders (Cornell/ILR Press, 2006) includes over 100 photographs and 50 narraatives about transnational migrant communities, and The Children of NAFTA (UC Press, 2004) is an account of worker resistance on the US/Mexico border in the wake of NAFTA.
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