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As Election Nears, Reports of an Increase in ICE Arrests Across California

27 octobre 2026 à 14:16
Reports of an uptick in operations, alongside a push to root out alleged noncitizen voting, have unnerved immigrant communities ahead of next week’s election.

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Local organizations have reported an increased presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across California, including in Fresno, the largest city in the agriculture-rich Central Valley, which is home to many farm workers.

Beef and Barn Dances: A Farmer Tries to Turn a Red Patch of N.C. Blue

24 octobre 2026 à 05:01
Democrats are largely used to losing in the mountains of western North Carolina. Jamie Ager is trying to change that.

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Jamie Ager, a Democratic House candidate, who’s running for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District.

Israeli Settlers Turn a Palestinian Rite Into a Gantlet of Violence and Fear

23 octobre 2026 à 12:47
This year’s olive harvest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is the most violent in years, as settlers have attacked farmers and besieged homes, drawing condemnation from U.S. officials and others.

Palestinians harvesting olives last week in Khirbet Abu Falah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinians there last week, injuring several people, including an American journalist.

Tom Tiffany Tries to Distance Himself From Trump in Wisconsin Governor’s Race

23 octobre 2026 à 13:06
Wisconsin’s Republican candidate for governor, Tom Tiffany, is talking about nearly anything but President Trump. And as Republicans watch Mr. Trump’s approval ratings plummet, he is hardly alone.

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Representative Tom Tiffany greeting people during a campaign stop last week in Elkhorn, Wis.

As Brazil Prepares for Election Runoff, a Town Offers Clues to Bolsonaro’s Rise

23 octobre 2026 à 05:02
Deep in cattle country, voter sentiments in an evangelical stronghold help explain why the country’s leftist president is the underdog in Sunday’s election.

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A gathering last month in Nanuque, Brazil, where longtime residents and those who have moved away come together to dance and reconnect.

Protests in Indonesia Demand Action to Stop Rainforest Fires

22 octobre 2026 à 00:22
Smoke from the blazes, blamed on destructive agricultural practices, has sickened hundreds of thousands and blanketed neighboring countries.

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Protesters criticized President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia during a rally in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Latest Climate Report Warns of Major Upheaval to California Way of Life

19 octobre 2026 à 08:00
The dire projections come from the state’s Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the nation’s most-populous state.

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The report finds that without major intervention, as much as three-quarters of California’s beaches could disappear — either seasonally or permanently — by 2100 because of coastal erosion.

Across Farm Country, Economic Discontent Strains Republican Coalition

18 octobre 2026 à 05:00
Farmers and ranchers have supported President Trump for a decade. But the war in Iran, tariffs and other administration policies have soured some on the G.O.P.

Will Rural Voters Sit Out the Midterms?

Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent, travels to a cattle auction in Calhan, Colo., to see if economic anxieties are affecting the loyalty of rural voters to the Republican Party.

El Niño Threatens Global Sugar Supply

16 octobre 2026 à 10:41
A sugarcane crop withered by El Niño in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is hurting consumers and farmers — plus undermining the country’s energy security goals.

A worker tending to a sugarcane crop in Maharashtra, India, in September.

Rhode Island Farmer Grows Record-Breaking Pumpkin

15 octobre 2026 à 10:45
A farmer in Rhode Island raised a 3,156-pound pumpkin this year, setting a new measure for the greatest of all gourds.

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Ron Wallace celebrates with his possible record breaking pumpkin.

Why Chinese College Grads Are Becoming Farmers

12 octobre 2026 à 23:50
Facing a competitive job market, college graduates in China are trading corporate jobs for farming, equipped with smartphones and tech skills.

At a Potato Festival, Our Berlin Reporter Deepened His Ties to a New Land

8 octobre 2026 à 05:01
The annual Kartoffelfest was a chance to update family traditions, with an American baby born abroad.

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Nora and Hugo Tankersley with their mother, Lily, at a family outing to a potato festival last month in Berlin.
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