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fromHigh Country News
6 days ago

Letters to the Editor, October 2025 - High Country News

"The Kill Floor," with its deep dive into the experience of immigrants and refugees who worked at JBS/Swift beef packinghouse, Narsiso Martinez's incredible, poignant art in "Dignified" and Paisley Rekdal's investigation into Chinese immigrants' work on the Transcontinental Railroad in "Eating Bitterness" - all of these articles were of exceptional quality and gave me the opportunity to learn more about my world in all of its beauty and cruelty.
Environment
Public health
from99% Invisible
1 month ago

The New Jungle - 99% Invisible

Greeley’s economy and community center on meatpacking, where many refugees work dangerous, fast-paced slaughterhouse jobs with high injury and amputation risks.
US politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It

Mass deportations of undocumented meatpacking workers are disrupting U.S. meat production despite heavy industry reliance on foreign-born labor.
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