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News Coverage
- 04/25/2011 New York Daily News: Triangle Shirtwaist fire is a memory, but struggles remain: 80,000 NY farmworkers have no protection
- 04/24/2011 Miller-McCune: More evidence linking pesticides and malformations.
- 04/22/2011 Restoring Truthiness: UFW’s Cesar Chavez Facebook App Commemorates His Life on the Anniversary of His Death (includes 3 videos)
- 04/21/2011 MedPage Today: Studies Link Pesticide Exposure to Kids’ IQ
- 04/21/2011 Food Consumer: Prenatal pesticide exposure tied to lower IQ in children (PR)
- 04/20/2011 Minneapolis Star Tribune: Experts say employer intimidation is fierce, but not the only hurdle to organizing farmworkers
- 04/19/2011 The Hill: Obama revives immigration reform (includes video)
- 04/19/2011 Salinas Californian: Ag leaders sound off on jobs, rules
- 04/17/2011 Modesto Bee (CA): Guest-worker program not working, panel told
- 04/15/2011 CNN: Opinion — Danger zone for GOP candidates — immigration
- 04/15/2011 San Francisco Chronicle: California county rescinds pesticide’s first permit
- 04/15/2011 Merced Sun-Star (CA): Merced contractors in pregnant farmworker’s death among California’s top tax debtors
- 04/14/2011 New York Times: Despite Setbacks, Arizona Sheriff Won’t Yield the Spotlight
- 04/14/2011 Ventura County Star (CA): Methyl iodide approved for use in Ventura County
- 04/14/2011 Change.org: Progress! California Legislature Asks EPA to Re-Evaluate Methyl Iodide
- 04/13/2011 Washington Post, AP: County officials — Sheriff’s office, known for crime and immigration sweeps, misspent $99M
- 04/13/2011 New York Daily News: Ray of hope for immigrants as court buries Arizona law
- 04/12/2011 San Francisco Chronicle: Farmworkers: Beneath the hat
- 04/11/2011 Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration law — Court refuses to lift stay (includes video)
- 04/08/2011 Bulatlat: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Movement
- 04/08/2011 Huffington Post: Heart of Stone
- 04/08/2011 Truthout: Slave-Like Labor Persists in the Coachella Valley
- 04/07/2011 The Bay Citizen (CA): No Methyl Iodide This Strawberry Season?
- 04/07/2011 San Francisco Examiner: Diverse shows at Chavez festival
- 04/07/2011 Sacramento Bee: Stuck in silo, one party writes off Latino vote