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Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes
This article, from a popular food magazine, describes the terrible conditions facing tomato pickers in southern Florida. In some cases, workers were being held illegally against their will in virtual slavery by crew bosses. Labor activists, [...]
Item Type: Newspaper/Magazine
Historical Era: Contemporary US (1976 to the present)
Nicaragua's President Challenges U.S. Intervention in His Country
Daniel Ortega was the leader of the Sandinistas, a Marxist political party in Nicaragua that ousted the corrupt regime of Anastasio Somoza in 1979 and won national elections in 1984. Beginning in 1981, the Reagan Administration supported the [...]
Tags: Cold War, Iran-Contra Affair
Item Type: Newspaper/Magazine
Historical Era: Contemporary US (1976 to the present)