The cannabis industry’s trafficked workforce
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and High Country News report on how Chinese immigrants are trafficked into New Mexico's marijuana farms, facing exploitation and harsh conditions.
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and High Country News report on how Chinese immigrants are trafficked into New Mexico's marijuana farms, facing exploitation and harsh conditions.
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President Donald Trump’s move to ban several news outlets from the White House over his dislike of their coverage likely runs afoul of U.S. legal prohibitions against viewpoint discrimination by the government, four legal experts told Reuters....
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The family of Nolan Wells is demanding more answers after a Mississippi grand jury found no evidence to bring charges in the Black teen's death. Wells, 18, went missing on July 4 while on a boating trip with friends off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. His body was recovered two days ...
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DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle claims that it underpaid delivery workers in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday. The agreement, which officials descibed as the largest worker settlement in city history, also requires the company to submit to a new mo...
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Getting real Texas barbecue used to mean one thing: showing up in person, waiting in line and hoping the brisket hadn't sold out. Helberg Barbecue, the two-time Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ winner in Woodway, has built its business around…...
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