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A health worker inoculates a man next to a banner thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine at a government hospital in New Delhi, India

A milestone for India: 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered.

Top of The World

India administers 1 billion COVID-19 vaccinations, while Russia implements new restrictions as cases and deaths soar. Also, the government of Eswatini has directed mobile operators to suspend Facebook and its messenger app amid protests against King Mswati III. And, several countries have called on the UN to downplay the need to move away from a dependence on fossil fuels.

Farm workers wearing hats break up earth

Farmworkers who face extreme heat fear retaliation or deportation if they complain, says nurse

Human rights
Farmworkers wearing hats gather spinach from a field.

As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the US push for more rights

Human rights
A man holds up a box of berries in a field, waiting in a queue to load them onto a truck.

The people who pick your berries in Washington will now be represented by a union

Justice
A worker pick grapes at a vineyard at a Napa Valley winery.

Farmworkers push back against machismo and abuse in California’s wine country

Justice
Jose and Oscar

Their parents work the farms as migrant labor. What are their kids’ lives like?

Education

“East of Salinas” profiles Sherwood Elementary School in Salinas Valley, California, where 90 percent of students are the children of migrant farmworkers.

Vegetables at a Whole Foods Market in La Jolla, California. Much of its produce comes from the state’s Central Valley, where it's picked by migrant farmworkers.

How the produce aisle looks to a migrant farmworker

Business

How does picking the tomato compare to the onion? And what about strawberries? One Mexican American migrant farmworker who lives in California’s Central Valley took us to the produce aisle to tell us what he sees when he’s at the supermarket.

Former farmworker and current Delano Mayor, Grace Vallejo, stands in front of photos of her fellow city council members. The city council is made up of all Hispanic members. "That's a huge change from back in the 1960s. We've come a long way." she says. V

In the town where Chavez began his labor movement, immigrants are now leaders

Conflict & Justice

Delano, California, was a rural farm town controlled by white farmers when Cesar Chavez first began fighting for labor rights there in the 1960s. The movement he began started a process that has transformed the town.Delano, California, was a rural farm town controlled by white farmers when Cesar Chavez first began fighting for labor rights there in the 1960s. The movement he began started a process that has transformed the town.