David Bacon
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon
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U.S.
Border communities are ground zero for hunger
April 18, 2011For the people who live in boder towns, some with roots going back for generations, these tiny communities are home to growing hunger and poverty.
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U.S.
Students, faculty occupy building to protest cuts
April 14, 2011Students and faculty at California State University in East Bay marched to administration offices, then occupied the building in protest.
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Opinion
Chipotle fires Mexican workers for crime of working
March 29, 2011Three months ago the chain that made its fortune selling Mexican food made by Mexican workers fired hundreds of them throughout Minnesota. Their crime was that they worked, but had no immigration papers.
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Labor
Foundry workers strike to save their healthcare
March 23, 2011A strike yesterday of over 450 workers in one of the largest foundries on the west coast brought production to a halt Sunday night, at Pacific Steel Castings.
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Labor
Hundreds of union janitors fired under pressure from Feds
May 21, 2010Federal immigration authorities have pressured one of San Francisco's major building service companies, ABM, into firing hundreds of its own workers.
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U.S.
The racial diversity of hunger
December 17, 2009Everyone knows Oakland, CA, is a diverse community. Probably more people from more races and nationalities live in the city than anywhere west of New York or north of Los Angeles
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U.S.
The human face of budget cuts
December 8, 2009Cesar Cota was the first in his family to attend college and "now it's hard to achieve my dream," he says, "because the state put higher fees on us."
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Labor
San Francisco hotel workers on strike
November 23, 2009About 650 workers at the St. Francis Hotel, one of the city's oldest and most luxurious, walked out on strike on November 18.
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