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A Better Life: A Way To Talk About Immigration

Chris Weitz | Posted 08.17.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Felipe Calderon, Immigration, Filmmaking, Immigrant Families, Migrant Labor, Undocumented Immigrants, Entertainment News
Chris Weitz

Nobody really knows how to talk about immigration, no one is really honest. I haven't recently asked the guy who trims my hedges, gets my car from the lot, or takes my plate away at the restaurant about his papers.

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You Say Tomato, I Say Slavery (video)

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Publix, Iowa, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Kurt, Burger King, Agriculture, Penny-a-Pound, Immigration, Immokalee, Kurt Friese, Stephen Colbert, Slow Food, Bamco, McDonald's, Recipes, Farm, Migrant Labor, Slavery, Taco Bell, Chef, Artisan, Recipe, Tomato, Ahold, Gastronomy, Food Writing, Kroger, Cuisine, Sustainable, Corps, Artisanal, Labor, Yum! Brands, Cooking, Food, Kurt Michael Friese, Florida, Whole Foods, Friese, Video, Home News
Kurt Michael Friese

When you buy tomatoes at the local Publix, Ahold, Kroger, or Walmart, you become the last link in a chain that is attached to shackles in south Florida.

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Israel Must Respect the Rule of Law

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Palestine, West Bank, World News, Israeli Supreme Court, Israel, Foreign Workers, Migrant Labor, Anat Kamm, Home News
Mya Guarnieri

The gag on the case of Anat Kamm, the former soldier who leaked classified military documents to Haaretz journalist Uri Blau, was lifted less than two...

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Filipina Maid Faces Execution in Kuwait

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Philippines, Kuwait, Middle East, Migrant Labor, The Philippines, Jakatia Pawa, Foreign Workers, Home News
Mya Guarnieri

In Kuwait, the clock is ticking for a Filipina maid who faces execution. Jakatia Pawa, a Muslim from a southern province of the Philippines was con...

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More Americans Now Turning To Day Labor Jobs Once Held By Illegal Immigrants

usatoday.com | Emily Bazar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Housing Market, Low Wages, Unemployment, Day Labor, Illegal Immigrants, Migrant Labor, Manual Labor, Financial Crisis, Immigrants, Day Laborers, Recession, Business News

Growing ranks of U.S. citizens are heading to street corners and home improvement store parking lots to find day-labor work usually done by illegal im...

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Czech Republic: Economic Crisis Leaves Migrants With Few Options

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Foreign Affairs, Czech Migrants, Prague, Migrants, Migrant Labor, Crech Republic, Czech Republic, World News

PRAGUE -- When the global demand for consumer goods tumbled, production and assembly line jobs here evaporated. The consequences for some migrants fro...

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The Dark Side Of Dubai

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Dubai Debt, Global Financial Crisis, Dubai Migrants, Dubai Economy, Migrant Labor, Middle East, Immigration, Dubai Foreigners, Dubai, Johann Hari Dubai, The Dark Side of Dubai, Dark Side of Dubai, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Dubai Dark Side, Johann Hari, Hari Dubai, Huffington Post Dubai, Dark Side Dubai, World News
Johann Hari

Once the manic burst of building has stopped and the whirlwind has slowed, the secrets of Dubai are slowly seeping out.

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