SAN LUIS, AZ (AZFamily) — Accusations of sexual abuse against civil rights icon Cesar Chavez are dividing the San Luis community, where Chavez has long been honored as a local hero and where some ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill on Tuesday that officially changed the name of César Chávez Day to Farm Workers Day in the state. The change was made after sexual assault ...

The reaction to the recent sexual abuse allegations against famed labor leader Cesar Chavez was principled, universal and swift. For example, a federal jury in a 2023 civil trial found President ...

For generations in cities across the nation, tributes to Cesar Chavez in the form of murals, statues, names of schools, streets and institutions—and a bust in the Biden Oval Office—needed no ...

SACRAMENTO — As Californians scrambled to erase César Chávez’s name and likeness from art, government and city streets, one change wasn’t so easily undone. RELATED: César Chávez’s name, once an honor, ...

For years, Cesar Chavez Day in California was observed on Tuesday, March 31. But Californians may hear it referred to differently in 2026. The annual state holiday once bearing the late labor leader’s ...

The wall that once featured the face of national civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, greeting those entering East Austin for roughly 46 years, now sits blank. The owners of the building, which houses ...

The Illinois Senate passed resolutions this week to replace Cesar Chavez Day with Farmworkers Day on March 31 and declare Dolores Huerta Day on April 10 throughout the state. The measures still need ...

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An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement. By Manny Fernandez and Sarah ...

In a 2022 interview with Atlanta Civic Circle, a reporter asked the grandson of Cesar Chavez, the revered labor rights leader, to reflect on Chavez’s legacy. “My grandfather’s legacy will always be ...