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Tina Vasquez

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Tina Vasquez is a senior staff writer at The Counter focusing on immigration, gender, and food systems. She was previously a senior reporter at Prism, a women of color-led non-profit news outlet. A 2020 Type Investigations Ida B. Wells Fellow, she has written for The Nation, NPR, Playboy, and the Boston Globe. She is based in North Carolina.

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Collage of a hand holding spray bottle with microwave and wire fencing. August 2021
EPA warns an immigrant detention center to stop cleaning microwaves with pesticides
Health
by Tina Vasquez
08.11.2021
Health
Covid-19 stranded a North Carolina chef in Mexico. The unexpected detour changed his plans forever.
Culture
by Jorge Ruiz + Tina Vasquez
07.16.2021
Culture
Precious Cole protests next to Ronald McDonald during strike.
Restaurant workers across North Carolina say there’s no labor shortage. It’s a ‘wage shortage.’
Business
by Tina Vasquez
07.08.2021
Business
Mark Terry and Jordan DuBois at the beer den.
One of the places I’ve missed most was my local grocery-store beer den. When its popular bartender died, it was only right to mourn him there—with half-price pints and memories.
Culture
by Tina Vasquez
06.30.2021
Culture
Brown hands prepare tamales with a fence and cornmeal border. June 2021
“Cooking is in our DNA as immigrants”: How two men found comfort in food to survive detention during the pandemic
Culture
by Tina Vasquez
06.29.2021
Culture
Aracely Navarro, left, stands in front of Colorado State Capitol Building for SB21-87, the Farmworker Bill of Rights, at Denver, Colorado on Thursday, May 20, 2021. June 2021
Update: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs bill enacting some of the strongest farmworker protections in the nation
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by Tina Vasquez
06.16.2021
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