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Yesterday — 31 March 2026Main stream

Cesar Chavez Was a Voice for Mexican Americans Like Me. Now, We Grieve.

By: Ana Ley
31 March 2026 at 17:02
The United Farm Workers co-founder had been celebrated as an exemplar of civil rights. Then, a Times investigation found extensive evidence of his abuse of women.

© Gabriel V. Cárdenas for The New York Times

A mural dedicated to Cesar Chavez, among others, was covered in San Juan, Texas, after allegations that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement.

How Cesar Chavez Abused His Power

1 April 2026 at 03:29
The civil rights icon had a history of sexually abusing women and girls, which the Times reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes spent five years uncovering. They spoke to “The Daily” about their investigation, and one woman affected shares her story.

© Barton Silverman/The New York Times

Cesar Chavez speaks to farmworkers and other unionized laborers in Foley Square in New York in 1971.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Inside La Paz, the California Mountain Compound Led by Cesar Chavez

In his remote headquarters, the United Farm Workers leader began to see himself as not just a union leader, but a visionary healer.

© Ariana Drehsler for The New York Times

Cesar Chavez kept his home and office at La Paz, a United Farm Workers compound in the Tehachapi Mountains north of Los Angeles.
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