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The Human Cost of Cheap Produce
Fruits and vegetables from Mexico are cheap and plentiful in the United States, but a recent investigation shows Mexican agribusiness treating the produce better than the workers who grow it and bring in the harvest. Are Mexico's labor laws being enforced?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenFruits and vegetables from Mexico are cheap and plentiful in the United States, but a recent investigation shows Mexican agribusiness treating the produce better than the workers who grow it and bring in the harvest. Are Mexico's labor laws being enforced? Also, blowback from the CIA torture report, and an exiled Iranian journalist talks about her changing country and the role of women.
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3 storiesBlowback from the CIA Torture Report
Democrats and Republicans disagree about whether brutal interrogation by the CIA produced valuable intelligence after 911.
Read the story7 minThe Human Cost of Cheap Produce
Walmart, Safeway, Whole Foods and other American grocers import billions of dollars-worth of fruits and vegetables from Mexico. The companies advertise "ethical sourcing guidelines" including humane treatment of Mexican farm workers.
Read the story34 minNew York Times Correspondent Flees Iran, the Country She Loves
Nazila Fathi was eight years old when the Islamic Revolution changed her country completely in 1979. After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected president of Iran in 2009, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding his resignation. Fathi covered the story for the New York Times.
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