Rachel Luban is a writer living in Maryland. She contributes to Full Stop and her work has appeared on Jezebel, The Rumpus, and In Our Words. Follow her on Twitter: @rachelcluban.
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Artist Molly Crabapple on Refusing Lena Dunham, Sketching Occupy and Achieving Cockroach-Free Hair
Molly Crabapple tells In These Times about her new memoir—and true to form, the interview is no-bullshit in tone and global in scope.
Rachel Luban
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Proposed House and Senate Bills Would Roll Back New Worker Protections in Guestworker Program
Rachel Luban
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Congress Is Debating Whether or Not To Make It Easier for Bosses to Cheat Guestworkers
Rachel Luban
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Once Again, Bosses Are Trying To Eliminate New Protections for Guestworkers
Rachel Luban
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Al Jazeera Documentary Shows Mexican Farmworkers’ Struggles in Historic Strike
Rachel Luban
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Authorized Guestworkers Actually Don’t Make More Money Than Undocumented Immigrants
Rachel Luban
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For the First Time, Guestworkers Get Crucial Legal Protections Under New Rules
Rachel Luban
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Tufts Students Stage ‘Indefinite’ Hunger Strike Against Janitor Layoffs
Rachel Luban
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Alleging Labor Abuses, U.S. and Mexican Workers Call for Boycott of Driscoll’s Berries
Rachel Luban
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Court Steps in to #SaveH2B. But Is the U.S. Guestworker Program Worth Saving?
Rachel Luban
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DOL Freezes Guestworker Program After Court Ruling
Rachel Luban
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Jury Awards Guestworkers Over $14 Million in Landmark Human Trafficking, Forced Labor Case
Rachel Luban
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The United Arab Emirates Guestworker System Is Inhumane. So Is Ours.
Rachel Luban
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‘Yelp for Guestworkers’ Shines Light On Shadowy, Abusive Recruiting Process
Rachel Luban