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David Bacon

David Bacon is an associate editor of Pacific News Service who writes on immigrant and labor issues.

Homeless people in an encampment along Willow St. in the Tenderloin district of downtown on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 in San Francisco, CA. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

“There is no constitutional right to housing”: Mass eviction lays bare America’s foundational flaws

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A sign in the dirt of a cabbage field warns of the dangers of the pesticides used on the crops. (David Bacon)

Why being a farmworker is a health risk

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US President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts (Getty Images/Salon)

The Supreme Court poised to overrule farmworker union rights

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In this photo taken Aug. 17, 2016, a farm worker trims grape vines in a vineyard in Clarksburg, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (AP)

Historic state fair exhibit recognizes farmworkers

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Seventy years of exploitation: The enduring plight of California’s farm workers

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A new kind of strike

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An ugly shade of green

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Salon Daily Clicks: Newsreal

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