March 16, 2023 California’s new pesticide notification system aims to protect public health. Will it work? Community activists were instrumental in achieving the landmark program. But they worry it won’t go far enough to shield rural communities and farmworkers from pesticide harm.
March 16, 2023 El nuevo sistema de notificación de pesticidas de California, que también se puso a prueba en el Condado de Santa Cruz, busca proteger la salud pública. ¿Funcionará? Los activistas comunitarios fueron clave para la creación de este programa sin precedentes. Pero les preocupa que no sea suficiente para proteger a las comunidades rurales y a trabajadores agrícolas de los daños causados por los pesticidas.
February 9, 2023 Al frente de la exposición a pesticidas A pesar de décadas de investigación que relacionan la deriva de pesticidas con daños a la salud, las regulaciones siguen siendo débiles y dejan a los más vulnerables con pocas protecciones.
February 9, 2023 On the frontlines of pesticide exposure Despite decades of research linking pesticide drift to health harm, regulation remains weak and leaves the most vulnerable with few protections.
September 29, 2022 ‘Our air is being poisoned’ Activists call on Agricultural Commissioners to reduce number of permits to apply cancerous pesticide
September 25, 2022 A path to legalization and stronger rights Stuck in the Senate, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act would pave a path to legalization for field workers, strengthen the H-2A visa program
September 15, 2022 Celebration, denied A private party months in the making was ruined by a public figure’s idea of the appropriateness of Mexican music in a time of sorrow.
May 12, 2022 Recalling a one-of-a-kind Chicano activist Inspired to action after seeing the aftermath of a tragic bus crash, Juan Martinez dedicated his life to farmworker justice
February 25, 2022 Los Soñadores de Oaxaca A Yolanda Vásquez Maldonado, inmigrante mixteca de México, le tomaría seis años para terminar el programa de educación básica al que se inscribió para calificar para DACA. Pero, al contrario de muchos otros, lo completó.
February 25, 2022 The Dreamers from Oaxaca It would take Yolanda Vásquez Maldonado, a Mixteco immigrant from Mexico, six years to finish the program she signed up for to meet a DACA requirement. But, unlike many others, she completed her GED
