Miriam Pawel is the author of “The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography,” “ The Union of Their Dreams: Power, Hope and ...

The deeply disturbing news, more than 30 years after his death, that American civil rights hero and Arizona icon Cesar Chavez ...

There are 27 elementary and high schools named after Cesar Chavez in California, nine in Texas, and three each in Arizona and ...

There are revelations and allegations of sexual abuse and rape of women and minors by the late Cesar Chavez. An investigation ...

For more than a decade, troubling claims about César Chávez’s sexual abuse were already documented. Miriam Pawel’s 2014 biography, The Crusades of César ...

Chavez became the face of Latino civil and labor rights in the media and in history books. But scholars and activists are ...

March 1927-April 1962. Home ; Sal si puedes ; The priest, the organizer, and the lumber handler ; Cesar finds his calling ; Staying organized ; The first disciples ; David vs. Goliath, round one ; No ...

An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually ...

Organizations across the country and California – the birthplace of the United Farm Workers movement – have already begun ...

A New York Times investigation published in March 2026 accused the civil rights icon of sexually abusing young girls.

Admirers of Cesar Chavez and public officials are scrambling to respond to claims about the man who has been honored with ...