Dolores Huerta left us this past week. She imparted a legacy of great sacrifice and achievement especially in the recognition of the value of those that toil in the fields to harvest the food we put on our dinner table.
November 3, 2026 / 10:22 AM CST / AP A rare open U.S. Senate seat in Iowa will help determine control of the chamber in Tuesday's midterm elections as Democrats try to harness frustration with rising prices, the Iran war and tariffs that have caused turmoil…
Published 9:37 am Saturday, October 31, 2026 By Special to the News Herald Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has announced that the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) will no longer award eligible department-administered grants to businesses that employ H-1B visa holders, putting taxpayer dollars…
Whether to move more British backpackers from Bondi to the bush is now up to the occupant of London's 10 Downing Street. UK working holiday-makers can stay in Australia for three years without a specific work requirement, but tweaks to that…
Dolores Huerta, the labor leader, civil rights activist and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, is seen at the California Democratic Party’s 2025 State Convention in Anaheim, California. When I was a boy, Martin Luther King Jr. was in our…
Rising costs and labor shortages, made worse by deportation, are battering restaurants all over Long Island.. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports. Credit: Randee Daddona
Owner of Mercado y Carniceria Del Valle on 10th Avenue in Hanford, Salvador Salazar, has been personally delivering groceries to residents scared to leave their homes because of the ICE enforcement surge. The Central Valley appears to be a target of…
Our vital agricultural industry is anchored by the farmworkers who work in the fields to provide our region and our state with the food we serve on our tables. Through droughts, heat waves and changing political support, they have been…
Protesters stage a ‘die-in’ against pesticides in Montreal, on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. LA PRESSE CANADIENNE/Coralie Laplante MONTREAL - Demonstrators gathered in Montreal on Saturday for a "die-in" protest against pesticides, seeking to draw attention to what they view as a weakening…
Miller said Texas taxpayers work hard for their money and deserve to know their tax dollars create opportunities for Texans rather than subsidize businesses that choose foreign labor while Texans are ready and willing to work. “Texas taxpayers work hard…
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