Opinion: Working in the shadows, North Carolina’s farmworkers deserve to be seen
The farmworkers who legally come to make North Carolina’s farms are overworked, underpaid and endure brutal conditions. Will lawmakers recognize them? The volleyball net was tied to two wooden posts with baling twine and the ball was half-flat — but none of that mattered to me. For an hour, the crew of farmworkers I’d come…
Under Bologna’s Porticoes
Hey everyone! I am a week away from graduating from Washington and Lee University, and I have spent the last four weeks taking my last ever class in college in Bologna. For the spring semester (W&L works on a trimester system, so the spring term is only four weeks long), I am taking POL 288…
Mexico City, Gentrification, and Privilege
Last week, I spent my Washington break in Mexico City. Being back in Mexico brought a lot of nostalgia from my time in Oaxaca, especially when walking through the neighborhoods of Roma Norte and Condesa. The similarities between these two neighborhoods and the historic center of Oaxaca were on every block. The colonial architecture mixed…
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