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American food. Global stories.

“I don’t understand why man created borders.”

11.05.2018
Danielle Renwick
“They used to make $200 a week from mozzarella. After I started it went up to $2,000 a week.”
10.30.2018
by Danielle Renwick
America cannot eat without immigrant food workers. These are their stories.
10.29.2018
by The Counter
“I’d always worked in kitchens because without papers that’s all I thought I could do.”
10.29.2018
by Danielle Renwick
“Antonio and I decided we weren’t going to die in Oaxaca.”
10.29.2018
by Danielle Renwick
From diabetes to displacement: How NAFTA disrupted Mexican agriculture, food, and health
09.26.2018
by Kate Cox + Jessica Fu
Immigrants’ food stamp use to weigh “heavily” on green-card status, new Trump rule says
09.25.2018
by H. Claire Brown
ICE detainees are supposed to eat nutritious food three times a day—they don’t
08.23.2018
by H. Claire Brown
Feds extract penalties in crashes that killed five migrant farm workers
08.22.2018
by Eli Wolfe
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