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Opinion: A life in the shadows of North Carolina fields

by Beacon Media | Oct 7, 2025 | Agriculture, Latino Community, North Carolina

A former child farmworker and the daughter of immigrants reflects on her life and the current moment.

Melissa Castillo: Let’s stop breaking our promise to migrant workers  

by Beacon Media | Jun 18, 2025 | Agriculture, Local Organizing, Migration, North Carolina Community, Reclaiming Rural, U.S. Politics

The deportations happening in North Carolina are the continuation of a long line of broken promises to our migrant workforce.

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