Many of the celebrations and holidays honoring the late farmworker labor leader César Chavez are being renamed, postponed or completely cancel…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — California lawmakers will vote Thursday to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in an effort to reconcile the L…
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Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates have been put on probation. The boys, who were 14 at the time, admitted making dozens of child sex abuse images in 2023 and 2024. Prosecutors said they morphed photos of girls, many from Instagram, with virtual images of adults depicting nudity or sexual activity. Some of the victims were their classmates at Lancaster Country Day School. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has said the case highlights the dark side of modern technology and social media.
The shattered legacy of Latino labor rights icon César Chavez has been particularly devastating among advocates who have long fought to raise awareness about sexual harassment and abuse against women farmworkers, which remains both widespread and underreported. Still, advocates say things have changed since Chavez’s time and important action has been taken especially after the #MeToo movement.
This undated photo shows Mónica Ramírez, the head and founder of Justice for Migrant Movement, who has been a leader in a grassroots movement to fight against widespread sexual abuse against women farmworkers. (Tara Todras-Whitehill/Elevate Prize Foundation via AP)
Most farmworkers in the United States today aren’t represented by labor unions, but United Farm Workers is known by many as their voice.
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Monuments, city streets, elementary schools and other places honoring César Chavez’s name and the legacy of his labor movement stretch across states. Now, in the wake of explosive sexual abuse allegations against the Latino icon, the name overnight has become more of a stain. Some of the institutions and local governments overseeing sites across the country bearing the Chavez name have already started the process Thursday of erasing it. Besides buildings and street signs, they also want to take steps to rename César Chavez Day, a federally proclaimed holiday that falls on his March 31 birthday.
Dolores Huerta has dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and cemented her place in history as one of the nation’s most influential labor leaders, civil rights icons and feminist activists. Now she has shocked the world by revealing that she was among the women and girls who say they were sexually abused by César Chavez while he led the United Farm Workers union. Huerta says she was fearful of speaking out because she didn’t want the movement to be tarnished. While Chavez and Huerta's names were once inseparable, elected leaders and community members are initiating efforts to rename some buildings, schools and streets after Huerta alone.