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Now that policymakers have acknowledged how “essential” farmworkers are, what will they do to protect these workers in the face of a warming planet and increased risk at work?

Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Biden’s immigration reform should roll back exploitative ‘guest worker’ programs May 13, 2021 1:10 PM CDT By David Bacon Members of the Yakama Nation of Native Americans join farmworkers and other immigrants to celebrate May Day in 2017 and protest continued deportations and detentions. | David Bacon The current guest worker system prioritizes agricultural growers’ p...

Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Biden’s immigration reform should roll back exploitative ‘guest worker’ programs May 13, 2021 1:10 PM CDT By David Bacon Members of the Yakama Nation of Native Americans join farmworkers and other immigrants to celebrate May Day in 2017 and protest continued deportations and detentions. | David Bacon The current guest worker system prioritizes agricultural growers’ p...

Villalobos is a Latinx and gay artist whose work protests "the toxicity of machismo." "De Los Otros" centers on the true story of a gay farm worker who was a part of the Bracero Program, which brought millions of Mexican laborers to the United States in the mid-20th century. In his post, Villalobos said it was hard not to imagine that the attack might have been directed toward him or due to the nature of his work. "A brick was thrown through the main space, and it's difficult not to feel that this is a personal attack as a queer individual," he stated. "This has allowed me to reflect deep...

This pro-Trump Latino wants to lead Virginia Presented by Intel POLITICO illustration/Photo by U.S. Army Hey Recast family, we’ve made it to the end of the workweek and that means it's time for our weekly Friday Q&A, “The Sitdown.” Today we chop it up with Sergio de la Peña, a GOP gubernatorial candidate in Virginia. He weighs in on how his immigrant roots shaped his conservatism, why he believes English should be the official language and shares his thoughts on last November's election. “There is not a uniqueness in my immigrant story.” Says the man from Chihuahua, Mexico. He ser...