Susan Marquis

Dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School and vice president of innovation at RAND

Dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School and vice president of innovation at RAND

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Conditions for agricultural laborers in the US have been described by the UN as “appalling." But tomato workers in Florida have won their freedom from virtual slave labor.

Justice for farmworkers

Conditions for agricultural laborers in the US have been described by the UN as “appalling." But tomato workers in Florida have won their freedom from virtual slave labor.

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