Bulls-Hit Ranch Labor Scandal Ensnared Florida Homeless
Bulls-Hit Ranch and Farm outside of Jacksonville, Fla., has been accused of abusing its seasonal farmworkers. (Brianna OrgMewborn, Flickr, Creative Commons) Originally posted at In These Times They...
View ArticleThat Unemployment Form Might Violate Your Civil Rights
Originally posted at In These Times If you think being jobless is tough, try applying for unemployment benefits. In Florida, simply filling out the form requires considerable talent and endurance....
View ArticleEthnic Studies Ruling Escalates Arizona Schools Struggle
Tucson students occupy a school board meeting (Image: thesoundstrike.info) Cross-posted from CultureStrike, a new project that fuses art and activism in the struggle for immigrants’ rights. While...
View ArticleDocumenting Undocumented Youth
Photo: Adrian Gonzalez Cross-posted from CultureStrike, a new project that fuses art and activism in the struggle for immigrants’ rights. A few years back, Julio Salgado and his friends graduated from...
View ArticleImmigrant Students Wise Beyond Their Years
Cross-posted from CultureStrike High school is tough for every kid, but when you don’t speak the same language as your peers, all the anxieties of young adulthood are amplified as your voice gets...
View ArticleWill Obama grant the DREAM in fragments?
DreamActivist via flickr Cross-posted from Culture/Strike The news is out–and so are undocumented youth around the country who hope that this time, there may be real change ahead. The Obama...
View ArticleA Dream Deferred?
Undocumented youth hold banner in support of the DREAM Act. (Edward Kimmel/Flickr) Originally posted at In These Times. This week the White House rolled out its “Deferred Action” policy, cracking open...
View ArticleThe Young and the Disconnected
Young artists work with Beacon House and DC Summer Youth Employment Program to paint a mural. Such programs help fight youth disconnection and the unemployment that is correlated with it--but they are...
View ArticleFor Disgruntled Young Workers, Lawsuits May Spark Intern Insurrection
(Ruben Schade/Flickr/Creative Commons). Originally published at In These Times You’d have to be pretty desperate to offer to work for free, right? Or you could be just an enthusiastic young student who...
View ArticleBullet-proof Jobs: Summer Employment May Help Stem Youth Violence
A 2011 installation outside of Chicago’s Fourth Presbyterian Church displayed 77 t-shirts, representing the 77 Chicago youth who were killed by violence during the 2010-2011 school year. (Photo by...
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