United States

How the Midwest food and agriculture sector relies on immigrant labor

by Stephanie Mercier Chicago Council on Global Affairs December 9, 2014

Agriculture is an important part of the Midwestern economy, providing billions of dollars in business revenues and supplying thousands of jobs to the 12-state region. The success of the agriculture sector—including dairy farmers in Wisconsin, seed ...

At Campo Sacramento in Guasave, Sinaloa, barbed wire runs along the perimeter, and arrivals and departures are controlled around the clock. Photo: Don Bartletti

Hardship on Mexico’s farms, a bounty for US tables

by Richard Marosi Photography & video by Don Bartletti Los Angeles December 8, 2014

The tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers arrive year-round by the ton, with peel-off stickers proclaiming "Product of Mexico." Farm exports to the U.S. from Mexico have tripled to $7.6 billion in the last decade, enriching agribusinesses, distributors and...

A neighborhood of concentrated poverty in Baltimore. Photo: Linda Davidson/Washington Post

The vast majority of poor neighborhoods aren’t gentrifying. They’re stuck in poverty.

by Emily Badger Washington Post December 5, 2014

Despite their ubiquity in the media, gentrifying neighborhoods that evolve over time from low-income to well-off are quite rare. It is far, far more common that once-poor neighborhoods stay that way over time — or, worse, that they grow poorer....

Unsteady incomes keep millions behind on bills. Nearly seven million people working part time would prefer full-time jobs but can’t find them

by Patricia Cohen New York Times December 3, 2014

ALEXANDRIA, Ky. — The bills arrive as regularly as a heartbeat at the Vories’s cozy bi-level brick house just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. It’s the paychecks that are irregular....

Food assistance needs remain high

by Brynne Keith-Jennings Center on Budget and Policy Priorities November 24, 2014

As many Americans prepare to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, millions in this country still have trouble affording enough to eat. Moreover, poverty and food insecurity, or the share of households with difficulty affording adequate food, remain well above...

Why wage growth disparity tells the story of America’s half-formed economic recovery

by Chico Harlan Washington Post November 21, 2014

WILMINGTON, Del. — Thomas Gray says he was fortunate coming out of the recession: He took a job in one of the nation’s fastest-growing industries, food services, preparing meals for 500 students in a Head Start cafeteria....

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