United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Coverage
- 08/30/2017 The Texas Tribune: Texas judge temporarily blocks ‘sanctuary cities’ law
- 08/29/2017 independent: Pesticides linked to birth abnormalities in major new study
- 08/29/2017 Beyond Pesticides: Neurotoxic Pesticide Detected in Air at High Levels in California County
- 08/29/2017 National Catholic Reporter: Stand in solidarity with family farmers, farmworkers
- 08/26/2017 Science Daily: Negative effects of pesticide exposure on birth outcomes
- 08/25/2017 AZCentral.com: Joe Arpaio opponents express outrage, disbelief over presidential pardon of ex-sheriff
- 08/25/2017 Think Progress: EPA listened to Agriculture Department, not scientists, in decision not to ban dangerous pesticide
- 08/22/2017 CNN: EPA docs fuel criticism that politics played part in pesticide decision
- 08/21/2017 NRDC Blog: CA Chlorpyrifos Announcement Leaves Communities at Risk
- 08/18/2017 Salinas Californian: Salinas residents stand up against racism
- 08/18/2017 Bellingham Herald (WA): Is there enough protection for foreign farmworkers in the US, including i Whatcom?
- 08/18/2017 TheRecord.com: Foreign farmworkers fear deportation if they complain
- 08/18/2017 The Intercept: EPA Welcomed Industry Feedback Before Reversing Pesticide Ban, Ignoring Health Concerns
- 08/18/2017 Watsonville Register Pajoronian (CA): State takes aim at common pesticide – Move falls short, opponents say
- 08/18/2017 New York Times: E.P.A. Promised ‘a New Day’ for the Agriculture Industry, Documents
- 08/17/2017 Bay Area Indymedia (CA): Air Testing Shows Unsafe Levels of Brain-Harming Pesticide in Kern County
- 08/16/2017 Bakersfield Now (CA): Activists picket Valadao’s Bakersfield office
- 08/16/2017 KBAK (CA): Immigration activists picket Rep. Valadao’s Bakersfield office
- 08/15/2017 KERO 23 ABC News (CA): Local immigration reform activists meet in Bakersfield to mark 5th anniversary of DACA
- 08/15/2017 KERO (CA): Local immigration reform activists meet in Bakersfield to mark 5th anniversary of DACA
- 08/14/2017 Yakima Herald-Republic (WA): Danger to farm workers
- 08/14/2017 UC Berkeley: Heavily used pesticide linked to breathing problems in farmworkers’ children
- 08/09/2017 The American Prospect: Braceros Strike After One Worker Dies
- 08/09/2017 Capital Press: Farms fined after pesticide drift sickens farmworkers
- 08/09/2017 The American Prospect: Braceros Strike After One Worker Dies