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News Coverage
- 10/23/2020 NBC News: With Our Lady of Guadalupe, a California priest brings hope to farmworkers amid Covid-19
- 10/22/2020 NBC Southern California: Image of the Virgin of Guadalupe Visits Field Workers in Moorpark
- 10/22/2020 Ventura County Star: In annual pilgrimage, sacred images make rare stop for farmworkers in Moorpark
- 10/21/2020 USA Today: Worked to death: Latino farmworkers have long been denied basic rights. COVID-19 showed how deadly racism could be.
- 10/21/2020 TODAY: Hispanic food processing and farm workers more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19
- 10/15/2020 Fresno Bee: Lawsuit accuses Trump administration of hurting California farmworkers during coronavirus
- 10/14/2020 Business Insider: Trump administration sued over decision that critics say would slash wages for more than 200,000 farm workers
- 10/13/2020 Glamour: Yes, Dolores Can: The 90-Year-Old Activist on Speaking Up, Raising Hell, and Doing the Work
- 10/09/2020 CAL Matters: California work safety agency’s response to COVID complaints: letters, not inspections
- 10/06/2020 NBC News: Latino workers are at increased risk of dying on the job, new report says
- 10/06/2020 The Counter: “It’s especially cruel during a pandemic”: Minimum wage uncertain for seasonal farm workers after USDA axes labor report
- 10/03/2020 HuffPost: Trump Administration Plan Would Cut Pay For Essential Farm Workers
- 10/03/2020 The New York Times (Opinion): Now the President and Frontline Workers Have Something in Common
- 10/02/2020 Mother Jones: Unsheltered in Place
- 10/01/2020 News Advisory from Senator Harris: Harris, Brown Introduce Heat Stress Legislation to Protect Workers
- 09/30/2020 The Salinas Californian: Gov. Gavin Newsom signs first-in-the-nation farmworker protections package
- 09/30/2020 Business Insider: Trump administration move could slash wages for over 200,000 farm workers
- 09/29/2020 Yakima Herald: Union asks state for rules to protect farmworkers during wildfire smoke
- 09/28/2020 Cronkite News: Heat, smoke, pandemic: Dangers multiply for farmworkers in 2020
- 09/28/2020 Public Integrity: Trump attacks them. COVID-19 threatens them. But immigrants keep the U.S. fed.
- 09/26/2020 San José Spotlight: San Jose legislator pushes for immigration reforms amid COVID-19
- 09/23/2020 The New York Times: E.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Children’s Brains
- 09/22/2020 Environmental Working Group: Study: More Than 125,000 Farmworkers Have Contracted Covid-19
- 09/17/2020 NPR: ‘I Have To Work’: Agricultural Workers In The West Harvest Crops Through Fire Smoke
- 09/17/2020 The Oregonian: Wildfires Oregon farmworkers face ‘awful choice’ as wildfire smoke plagues harvest