Ava Tomasula y Garcia spent the last year working for an environmental human rights organization in Mexico City. She grew up in Chicago and northern Indiana.
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Dispatch
Inside Mexico’s Anti-Capitalist Marketplaces
How some Mexicans are using barter and alternative currencies to build an economy beyond profit.
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Labor
Connecticut Just Passed a Law Requiring Bosses Who Steal Workers’ Wages to Pay Them Back Double
Ava Tomasula y Garcia