Did you know there's a Pillsbury factory in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank? Hear more from Fayrouz Sharqawi of Grassroots Al-Quds and Charlie Pillsbury, a descendant of the Pillsbury founders, who recently announced he and other family members are boycotting Pillsbury products. Facilitated by Noam Perry of AFSC's Economic Activism Program. Learn more about the campaign at BoycottPillsbury.org 

On April 3, Tropical Cyclone Seroja hit East Nusa Tenggara, bringing historic flooding, landslides, and heavy winds to the southernmost province of Indonesia. More than 184 people were killed. Tens of thousands lost their homes. Farms, fields, and cattle critical for food and livelihoods were destroyed—further devastating communities still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. 

On June 19, 1865 – more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation – word finally reached Galveston, Texas that slavery had been abolished. For more than a century, people have celebrated “Juneteenth” as the end of slavery in the U.S. 

At first, Antonia wasn’t sure about getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Like many people, the retired Florida farmworker had heard some negative things about it.