Clark County wants to rename Cesar Chavez Park in far east Las Vegas after its namesake was unveiled as an alleged sexual predator last month. Commissioner Tick Segerblom, whose District E includes ...

Phoenix Union High School District's Governing Board met on March 26 to discuss Cesar Chavez High School. The Laveen area high school is named after a late labor activist who was recently accused of ...

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 ...

City of Phoenix workers place a metal bar over a placard commemorating Cesar Chavez Plaza after the Phoenix City Council voted to removed the name on March 25, 2026. (Joe Duhownik/Courthouse News) ...

LOS ANGELES — An eerie silence had settled. As word evidently reached activists in the last few weeks that disturbing allegations of sexual abuse against Chicano civil rights icon Cesar Chavez were ...

Cesar Chavez, the labor organizer and champion of farmworker rights, has been accused of sexually abusing two girls in the 1970s, and Dolores Huerta, his co-founder of the United Farm Workers, ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. As word of the damning sexual abuse ...

San Fernando city staff removed a statue and covered a mural showing Cesar Chavez at a local park after sexual abuse allegations against the late labor activist surfaced earlier this week. Public ...

We want to hear from educators who teach about Mr. Chavez. By Jesus Jiménez The history of Cesar Chavez has long been taught in classrooms across the country in a positive light. Students have learned ...

Bill Clinton gave Mr. Chavez the nation’s highest civilian honor. Barack Obama made Cesar Chavez Day a federal holiday. Joe Biden displayed a bronze bust of Mr. Chavez. So far, all have been quiet. By ...