Immigration Issues End a Pennsylvania Grower’s Season: For 35 years, Keith Eckel, 61, one of the largest tomato growers in the Northeast, had the workers and the timing down to a T: seven weeks, 120 men, 125 trailer loads of tomatoes picked, packed and shipped. This year, however, the new politics of immigration — very much on the mind of many of Pennsylvania’s voters, even if overlooked by the presidential candidates campaigning in this state and around the nation — has put him out of business. [NYT]
Empire or Humanity?: What the classroom didn’t teach me about the American empire. By Howard Zinn [Mother Jones]
Mastering the high-tech tools that help us: Experts see a rising pushback against digital distraction. [CSM]
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