The Abuse of Migrant Workers
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Maria and Julio discuss President Biden\\u2019s reelection bid, the departures of Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, and the latest on Uvalde. Then in our roundtable, guest host Fernanda Santos steps in to lead a discussion with Fernanda Echavarri, senior producer for Futuro Studios, and Tina Vasquez, editor-at-large for Prism, about their explosive two-part investigation, \\u201cHead Down,\\u201d which examines the abuse of migrant workers under the H-2A visa program.\\xa0
\\n\\nYou can listen to the \\u201cHead Down\\u201d investigation here.\\xa0
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\\u201cFinding someone willing to spread manufactured white fury for an hour every weeknight on Fox won\\u2019t be difficult,\\u201d writes Ren\\xe9e Graham, in her analysis of Tucker Carlson\\u2019s departure from Fox News, for The Boston Globe.
\\n\\u201cHe was, in his way, a people person. He understood how to reach, teach and challenge them, how to keep them honest, how to dedicate his fame to a politics of accountability, more tenaciously than any star of the civil rights era or in its wake,\\u201d writes Wesley Morris on the legacy of Harry Belafonte, for the New York Times.\\xa0
\\nTina Vasquez discusses the abuse of migrant workers uncovered by the \\u201cHead Down\\u201d investigation through the stories of Diego and Mario, two H-2A workers from Mexico, in this article for Prism.\\xa0
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\\nPhoto credit: Fernanda Echavarri