The art: Russell Lee, Mexican pecan workers union official displaying relief supplies which are supposed to feed a family of three for two weeks. The articles shown are beans and butter. San Antonio, Texas, 1939.
The news: “‘Indispensible’: Why the Middle Class Needs Unions Now More Than Ever,” by Derek Thompson for TheAtlantic.com.
The source: Collection of the Library of Congress, Washington.
![The art: Dorothea Lange, Beginnings of Organization, Their tap-root to the land severed, they search with their fellows where new roots may be sunk. Migrant peach pickers. Yuba County. August 1938, 1938.
The news: [Maine Gov.] “Lepage orders removal of mural, sparking outcry,” by Steve Mistler in the Lewiston (Me.) Sun.
The source: Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago. Here’s the museum’s entire Lange collection.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_likgfh84fU1qe0into1_400.jpg)
The art: Dorothea Lange, Beginnings of Organization, Their tap-root to the land severed, they search with their fellows where new roots may be sunk. Migrant peach pickers. Yuba County. August 1938, 1938.
The news: [Maine Gov.] “Lepage orders removal of mural, sparking outcry,” by Steve Mistler in the Lewiston (Me.) Sun.
The source: Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago. Here’s the museum’s entire Lange collection.
