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California’s child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields

State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.

by Robert J. Lopez





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Lax Oversight, Few Inspections Leave Child Farmworkers Exposed to Toxic Pesticides

By Robert J. Lopez

Child laborers and other farmworkers in California are being exposed to toxic pesticides, in part because of splintered enforcement of safety regulations.

Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos

By Robert J. Lopez

Según revela una investigación, las autoridades estatales evaden proteger la salud y seguridad de miles de trabajadores agrícolas jóvenes.

Vigilancia laxa y pocas inspecciones dejan a agricultores menores de edad expuestos a pesticidas tóxicos

By Robert J. Lopez

Niños y otros trabajadores agrícolas en California están expuestos a pesticidas tóxicos, en parte por una fragmentada aplicación de las normas de seguridad.

How Employers and Labor Groups Are Trying to Protect Workers From ICE

By Jeremy Lindenfeld

Here are some tactics unions and employers at farms, factories, restaurants and other job sites are using to shield employees from immigration raids.

After Years of Sparring, Gov. Shapiro Abandons Pennsylvania’s Landmark Climate Initiative  

By Audrey Carleton

Environmentalists see decision as ‘shocking reversal’ on fighting global warming; fossil fuel industry claims it would have led to higher utility bills.

Future of Special Education at Risk, Teachers Say, as Trump Moves to Cut Staff and Programs

By Crystal Villarreal

Special education teachers fear the Trump administration’s funding cuts and layoffs will unravel progress for millions of students with disabilities.

In South L.A., Black and Latino Neighbors Unite Against ICE as Systems Fail

By Adam Mahoney, Capital B

As Trump-era immigration enforcement arrests hit 540 weekly and cuts to SNAP threaten families, neighbors are launching mutual aid hubs to keep each other safe.

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Can an Imperiled Frog Stop Oil Drilling Near Denver Suburbs? Residents Hope So.

By Jennifer Oldham

Threatened northern leopard frogs found near site of what would be one of state’s largest fossil fuel operations.






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