By ALEXANDRA OLSON, DORANY PINEDA and CLAIRE SAVAGE NEW YORK (AP) — Almost two decades ago, legendary labor rights activist Dolores Huerta joined Mónica Ramírez at a Chicago event to promote the Bandana Project,

Being too reliant on one charismatic leader is why contemporary social movements often prefer to be leaderless or to decentralize power, political columnist Joe Garofoli writes.

Last week The New York Times published an investigation into Cesar Chavez, the late Mexican American labor leader and civil rights activist, detailing allegations of sexual abuse involving women and underage girls.

A slight majority of Americans support repatriating sites dedicated to Cesar Chavez, after the late civil rights leader was accused of sexually abusing minors, according to a new survey. The YouGov

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is supporting a proposal to rename César Chavez Day following stunning abuse allegations against the revered labor leader.

After bombshell revelations on Wednesday accused the late icon of molesting 13-year-old girls and raping the revered co-founder of his United Farmworkers movement, Alvarado and the east side neighborhood whose identity is so closely tied

The late civil rights icon is facing allegations of sexually abusing women and girls tied to the farmworker movement. The fallout is already reshaping how he's honored across Texas, from canceled events to ending a state holiday.

FOR A FEW HOURS in April 1966, Stockton agricultural workers and residents showed up in thousands to rally behind Cesar Chavez and nearly a hundred of his followers marching through the city's once-bustling,

On Friday Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García called to rename a post office in Pilsen, while leaders at Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center began the process of getting community feedback on renaming the school.