David Bacon

reporter and author of “More than a Wall/Más que un muro” and “The Right to Stay Home: How US Policy Drives Migration.”

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David Bacon is a writer and photographer. His new book, The Right to Stay Home: How US Policy Drives Migration, was published by Beacon Press.

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Mexican Farmworkers on Strike Over Labor Abuses

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