Anyone remember “Harvest of Shame?” Edward R. Murrow? This was no Anderson Cooper 360. This was an awakening for Americans who knew little of their own nation’s practices. This was about how “the humans who feed the best-fed people in...
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Farmworker Deal: Harvest of Pride?
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People walk on the beach in Tijuana, Mexico, beyond the U.S.-Mexico border fence in San Diego, California, on March 21, 2012.
Washington Daybook: Border Patrol
Immigration policy is the main subject of discussion at events hosted by the Migration Policy Institute, the Economic Policy Institute and the Small Business Majority in Washington today. Meanwhile, Arizona Republican Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake will host Democratic...
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U.S. Senate Michael Bennet claims victory in the midterm elections in Denver's City Park on Nov. 3, 2010 in Denver.
What Colorado’s Bennet Faces as Senate Democratic Campaign Head
Here’s one word that doesn’t describe Michael Bennet’s new job as chairman of the Senate Democrats’ campaign organization: Easy. Bennet, a Colorado Democrat announced today as the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is taking over an organization that...
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Al Hunt
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Mark Silva
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Emma Fidel
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Julie Bykowicz
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Jonathan Salant
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Richard Rubin
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Lisa Lerer
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John McCormick
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Cary O'Reilly
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