Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform
Activists marched for three days straight, demanding that Congress finally change the immigration registry date.
Sep 1, 2023 / Editorial / David Bacon
Jubilee Justice Regenerative Farming: Tackling Racism With Rice Jubilee Justice Regenerative Farming: Tackling Racism With Rice
Out of the soil of rural Louisiana, a new model for food, farming, and restorative economics.
Jul 17, 2023 / Laura Flanders
In India, It’s Getting Too Hot to Farm In India, It’s Getting Too Hot to Farm
Heat waves are pushing agricultural workers across a wide swath of India to the edge of survival.
Jul 4, 2023 / Sanket Jain
A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers
As growers bring in more H-2A workers, affordable housing for local farmworkers has become sparse in the region's labor camps.
Apr 12, 2023 / Multimedia / David Bacon
Do University Farms Truly Teach Sustainability? Do University Farms Truly Teach Sustainability?
The number of student food gardens has risen dramatically at prestigious urban and suburban colleges, but these campus farms should be wary of overstating their impact.
Mar 20, 2023 / StudentNation / Rachel Brooks
How US Policy Has Trapped Migrant Workers in an “Open-Air Prison” in Mexico How US Policy Has Trapped Migrant Workers in an “Open-Air Prison” in Mexico
Thanks to US border restrictions, thousands of migrants are stuck indefinitely in Chiapas, harvesting the fruits that Americans can’t get enough of.
Mar 20, 2023 / Feature / Esther Honig
Why Farmworker Legalization Failed Why Farmworker Legalization Failed
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act’s failure to become law reveals critical divisions within the immigrant rights movement.
Jan 10, 2023 / Multimedia / David Bacon
How Black Landowners in the South Are Recovering Lost Generational Wealth How Black Landowners in the South Are Recovering Lost Generational Wealth
Industry encroachment and farm consolidation contributed to decades of Black-owned land loss. In North Carolina, many are fighting to recoup what was lost.
Oct 26, 2022 / Featured / Cameron Oglesby
Can These Farmers Decolonize the Wine Industry? Can These Farmers Decolonize the Wine Industry?
In California and beyond, a new generation of winemaker-activists are using hybrid and indigenous grapes to create transformational change.
Oct 25, 2022 / Multimedia / Colleen Hamilton
Biden vs. Newsom on Farmworkers’ Right To Vote Biden vs. Newsom on Farmworkers’ Right To Vote
In a heated debate over farmworker voting rights, California’s governor refuses to sign a bill to make it easier for workers to win union recognition.
Sep 14, 2022 / Photo Essay / David Bacon