It used to be that crisis events brought out the best in everyone — especially our political leaders. Not so this time. The Trump administration continues to target those population segments or issues that rile his base the most….
As the New York governor pleads for more healthcare workers and city mayors and county commissioners are asking for more help to enforce stay-at-home orders, we find out that a little old virus isn’t keeping Trump from fulfilling his…
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Urban Farmer Pulls Up Roots to Search for Gardening Stories
Jan 10, 2017, 2:57 PM 0
By Joseph M. de Leon Hispanic News Online (Editor’s Note: Due to the steady interest in urban farming, Treviño TodaMedia (TTM) is resurrecting the popular column Urban Farmist. We are not only keeping the column in the TTM family…
By Zachary Cohen Council on Hemispheric Affairs In the 1960s, Mexican migrant farm workers within the United States endured countless challenges including low wages, inhumane conditions, and a lack of political rights. However, the actions of multiple labor unions…
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Growers Move to Gut California’s Farm Labor Law
Apr 13, 2015, 9:38 AM 0
By David Bacon La Prensa San Diego When hundreds of people marched to the Los Angeles City Council last October, urging it to pass a resolution supporting a farm worker union fight taking place in California’s San Joaquin Valley,…
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Drought further devastates impoverished Guatemalan farmers
Aug 22, 2014, 1:35 PM 0
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista Rain is gradually returning to Guatemala after more than a month-long drought in the middle of rainy season brought tragedy to some of the poorest regions of the country. But many agricultural workers say it’s…
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Border Youth Heal the Land and Culture
Aug 11, 2014, 11:25 AM 0
Frontera NorteSur (LL Editor’s Note: The following story was published July 31) Valerie Hernandez and Jailin Escobedo kneel on the weedy ground, pulling up pesky plants so a clump of tomatoes will have breathing space. A light but steady…
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Providing valuable support to Ventura County’s growing Mixteco community
Aug 6, 2014, 9:39 AM 0
By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 Just suppose you were dropped into a country where you couldn’t speak the language, couldn’t read the local newspaper, read signs at local supermarket or even read the public bus transportation schedule. And just…
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One community of Mayan women’s journey from indigenous weavings to exporting vegetables to Walmart
Mar 18, 2014, 9:51 AM 0
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista Indigenous women in Guatemala occupy the bottom rung of the socioeconomic ladder. A lack of education combined with a traditionally machismo culture means that many Mayan women are often illiterate, unaware of their rights and…
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Intrn’l Video: Paraguay’s campesinos engage in “Raising Resistance” to corporate greed
Jun 27, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Technology doesn’t always equal progress or profit for all. There’s no better proof of that than in developing countries where rural, disadvantaged people find themselves taking on corporate giants. One such place where this is happening is…
