Dying for a Glass of Clean Water in CA’s San Joaquin Valley
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
In the small town of Lanare, locals are fighting for access to clean drinking water, a problem in many poor, rural communities across the state.
Categories: Environment, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Photo Galleries, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, food
Tags: arsenic, californiacleanwateract, centralvalley, cleandrinkingwater, farmworkers, sanjoaquinvalley
How the P'urhépechas Came to the Coachella Valley
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Sitting on an Indian reservation in the southern California desert, the Duros trailer camp is now home to a large number of indigenous Mexican migrants, the P'urhépecha people.
Categories: Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: coachella, coachellavalley, duros, duroville, farmworkers, indianreservation, indigenousmigrants, nativeamerican