Food + Politics
From left: Veronica Leal, Maria Isabel Sierra Mosso and Santa Arias pose in front of a sign on Thompson Street in Manhattan during a hunger strike for excluded workers. March 2021
Meet the immigrant women on hunger strike for pandemic relief

04.06.2021
by Paul Frangipane
2021/02/20: Participants seen holding signs and marching on a picket line at the protest. Members of the Workers Assembly Against Racism gathered across from Jeff Bezos-owned Whole Foods Market in Union Square South for a nation-wide solidarity event with the unionizing Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama. March 2021
How will next week’s hotly contested Amazon union vote in Alabama actually work?
2021/02/20: Participants seen holding signs and marching on a picket line at the protest. Members of the Workers Assembly Against Racism gathered across from Jeff Bezos-owned Whole Foods Market in Union Square South for a nation-wide solidarity event with the unionizing Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama. March 2021
03.23.2021
by H. Claire Brown
Migrant workers, delicately lift large sweet potatoes as they pick and sort according to size, at Kirby Farms in Mechanicsville, VA on Sep. 20, 2013.
The House approved a pathway to citizenship for farm workers. Why do some farm workers oppose it?
Migrant workers, delicately lift large sweet potatoes as they pick and sort according to size, at Kirby Farms in Mechanicsville, VA on Sep. 20, 2013.
03.23.2021
by Jessica Fu
A city water tower set against a blue sky. March 2021
America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison
A city water tower set against a blue sky. March 2021
03.18.2021
by Peter Elkind + Jack Gillum / ProPublica
Children eat lunch at their desks, as a new coronavirus safety precaution on their first day of kindergarten on September 9, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. The sign on left indicates the number of free lunches to be delivered for underprivileged students. For millions of kindergartners attending in-school classes for the first time, wearing masks and social distancing at school isn't just the new normal; it is the normal. March 2021
The pandemic has made universal school meals the norm. This model could help cafeterias save a lot of money over time.
Children eat lunch at their desks, as a new coronavirus safety precaution on their first day of kindergarten on September 9, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. The sign on left indicates the number of free lunches to be delivered for underprivileged students. For millions of kindergartners attending in-school classes for the first time, wearing masks and social distancing at school isn't just the new normal; it is the normal. March 2021
03.11.2021
by Jessica Fu
Stack of 100 dollar bills with illustrative coronavirus stimulus payment check to show the Covid-19 relief stimulus payment to Americans. March 2020
How does the $1.9 trillion stimulus package impact food and farming?
Stack of 100 dollar bills with illustrative coronavirus stimulus payment check to show the Covid-19 relief stimulus payment to Americans. March 2020
03.09.2021
by H. Claire Brown
Serbert Brissett, a producer working with the North-South Institute, examines flood damage to his Callaloo crop on his farm, in Davie, Florida, February 23, 2021.
Covid-19 stimulus bill to provide $4 billion in debt relief for Black farmers, other farmers of color
Serbert Brissett, a producer working with the North-South Institute, examines flood damage to his Callaloo crop on his farm, in Davie, Florida, February 23, 2021.
03.09.2021
by Jessica Fu
Aerial view over green farmland with vehicle marks. March 03, 2021
Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is growing. A Missouri lawmaker wants to ban it in the state.
Aerial view over green farmland with vehicle marks. March 03, 2021
03.03.2021
by Joe Fassler
Dairy cows eat feed under an awning that is equipped with a sprayer system to keep them cool in the summer at BAD farm in Kempton Friday morning, May 15, 2020. For a story about how dairy farmers keep their cows cool when it gets hot. February 2021
Information on factory farms is spotty at best. The government has been blocked from doing more.
Dairy cows eat feed under an awning that is equipped with a sprayer system to keep them cool in the summer at BAD farm in Kempton Friday morning, May 15, 2020. For a story about how dairy farmers keep their cows cool when it gets hot. February 2021
02.26.2021
by Madison McVan