Photos by David Bacon Text by David Bacon & Rosario Ventura

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DAVID BACON is a journalist and photographer covering labor, immigration, and the impact of the global economy on workers. He is author of several books, including Illegal People: How Globalization Cr

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March/April 2015

These Things Can Change

In 2013, Rosario Ventura and her husband Isidro Silva were strikers at Sakuma Brothers Farms in Burlington, Wash. In the

Photos by David Bacon Text by David Bacon & Rosario Ventura Mar 1, 2015