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Jenner said she would decide in the next six months or so whether to run for the U.S. Senate in California.

Jenner said she would decide in the next six months or so whether to run for the U.S. Senate in California.

The Trump administration will allow 15,000 more visas for temporary seasonal workers this year.

The Trump administration will allow 15,000 more visas for temporary seasonal workers this year.

The Department of Defense's failure to act on recommendations from its own watchdog group may cost it at least $33.6 billion, according to the Pentagon's Inspector General.

The Department of Defense's failure to act on recommendations from its own watchdog group may cost it at least $33.6 billion, according to the Pentagon's Inspector General.

Farm Workers Demand North Carolina Governor Veto Racist Bill

Eli Porras

This is a guest post written by Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) member Eli Porras and translated FLOC organizer Catherine Crowe.

It is of utmost importance that the governor of North Carolina veto Farm Bill S. 615. I consider it to be a racist bill that tries to give power back to growers so they can take advantage of workers. I am a witness that organizations and unions like the Farm Labor Organizing Committee are of incredible value. For seven years, I have come from Mexico to work in the fields of North Carolina through the H2A Visa program. In 2013, my wife had to have an emergency surgery, and I returned to Mexico. Before leaving, my boss told me that I wouldn’t have any issues returning the next year. However, when I went to visit the labor recruiter in Mexico the following year, they told me that I was permanently ineligible to return. With the help of FLOC, I filed a grievance and won my job back!

Now they are attacking our union. The North Carolina General Assembly just passed Farm Bill S. 615 with an anti-union amendment snuck in at the...

People, often children, risk getting stuck by discarded needles, raising the prospect they could contract blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis or HIV.

People, often children, risk getting stuck by discarded needles, raising the prospect they could contract blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis or HIV.

The sketch is "an artist's composite of the information" collected by all the agencies involved in the double-murder investigation, including the FBI.