Food & Agriculture
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Deere Settlement Is a Win for the Right to Repair. But Advocates Say There’s a Catch
FTC settlement has raised questions about why the Trump administration chose not to pursue a trial
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The Save Our Bacon Act Won’t Save American Farms
The bill supports multinational corporations and not independent farmers like me
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The Bigger the Corporation, the Bigger the Diarrhea Outbreak
Taylor Farms and other large produce corporations have long exerted political power to weaken food safety regulations
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Why America Doesn’t Grow Its Own Food
Our system of agriculture is designed to punish farmers and rural communities
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America Can Grow Its Own Food Again
Stop treating rural America like a colony to be drained
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The Most Dangerous Job in Coachella Valley
Date palm workers face immigration raids and injury to harvest a specialty crop
Essay and photography by David Bacon
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A Young Populist Heats Up the Texas Agriculture Commissioner Race
Data centers, Big Ag and the New World screwworm take center stage for rural voters
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The Senate Must Pass a Farm Bill That Serves Young and Beginning Farmers
Senate leaders must invest in the next generation of farmers
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Chris Jones Leads Fearless Campaign Against Big Ag
Will Iowa’s cancer crisis finally tip the political scale?
Agriculture
June 18, 2026
For Coachella Farmworkers, the Grape Strikes of the 20th Century Cast a Long Shadow
Reflections on what could have been, a half-century later
Essay and photography by David Bacon
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2026 Elections
June 12, 2026
Rural California Voters Defy DCCC and Israel Lobby
Randy Villegas advances in contentious primary that could flip a key House district
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Immigration
May 7, 2026
On May Day, Farmworkers and Their Children Defy Poverty and Deportations
Hundreds of farmworkers, students and community activists make their voices heard
Essay and photography by David Bacon
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