The Dark Side of Local

The Dark Side of Local

There's nothing ethical about "buying local" and supporting small farms when the workers behind them are brutally exploited. Our new issue, " Rank and File," is out now. To celebrate its release, new subscriptions are discounted. "We live in the shadows," explained Javier, a Hudson Valley farmworker, while describing his life to me.

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Here we find the intersection of race and capitalism laid bare. As Trump grapples with how exactly he would identify, capture, and deport 11 million immigrant workers, the right-leaning American Action Forum released a study that shows it would take 20 years, cost somewhere between $400 and $600 billion, not to mention dropping the real GDP by $1.7 trillion and 5.7% off economic growth.

Why would a traditionally conservative, establishment think tank welcome illegal immigration? Because capitalism can't survive without it.