For the past 25 years, California has celebrated Cesar Chavez Day as a state holiday on Tuesday, March 31. This year, though, Californians may hear the holiday referred to differently. "Farm workers ...

Debra Rojas recently revealed that Cesar Chavez began sexually abusing her at age 12. Now, at 66, she has come forward with her story. In her first on-camera interview, she spoke with The Times about ...

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 ...

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 ...

THEM IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PERSON’S IDENTITY. >> THE STATUE OF CESAR CHAVEZ IS NO LONGER ON MILWAUKEE’S SOUTH SIDE. THE OWNER OF A GROCERY STORE HAD THE STATUE REMOVED. AS YOU SEE HERE ...

Black plastic covers the statue depicting Cesar Chavez in Cesar E. Chavez Plaza in Sacramento on Friday. City officials have announced plans to rename the park after accusations of rape and sexual ...

But long before this week's disturbing allegations came to light, Reason investigated a "network of nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations set up and run by Chavez and other UFW officials" that managed ...

Shocked over the sexual abuse allegations against César Chávez , organizations have already removed murals and statues of the late labor leader. Sonoma State, Fresno State and a private home in San ...

Along Los Angeles’ sun-baked Cesar E. Chavez Avenue on Wednesday, Raul Claros was envisioning a street sign without the name of the late farmworker rights leader, demanding that elected leaders rename ...

California teachers are being asked to rapidly edit or purge references to labor leader and accused child rapist Cesar Chavez — who has for years been presented as a model of “honesty, courage, and ...

On buildings, tributes to Cesar Chavez were dismantled. On websites, references to the late labor leader were wiped. Among organizations, leaders were initiating processes to scrub his name. The work ...

Note: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault. If you or someone you know may be a victim of sexual assault, confidential support, information and advice are available at the National ...