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Following weeks of controversy, Grubhub announces restaurant-friendly reforms

08.02.2019
H. Claire Brown
USDA gave almost 100 percent of Trump’s trade war bailout to white farmers
07.29.2019
by Nathan Rosenberg + Bryce Wilson Stucki
Biden’s plan for rural America: Incentives will fix farm country
07.18.2019
by H. Claire Brown
The restaurant industry is turning to prisons to find workers
07.16.2019
by Sam Bloch
Labor Department proposal may lower minimum wage for seasonal farm workers
07.16.2019
by Jessica Fu
When the government mandates work requirements for food stamps, who actually profits?
04.10.2019
by H. Claire Brown + The Counter
After the floods, a struggle on the Pine Ridge Reservation for food and water access
03.29.2019
by Jesse Hirsch
Why do corner stores struggle to sell fresh produce?
02.21.2019
by Sam Bloch
The last government shutdown sent some federal employees to food banks. But 46 million Americans face hunger year-round—shutdown or no
02.11.2019
by Alison Cohen + Andrew Fisher
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