Mayor Karen Bass signs proclamation renaming LA's Cesar Chavez Day holiday as Farmworkers Day - ABC7 Los Angeles

Mayor Bass signs proclamation renaming LA's Cesar Chavez Day holiday as Farmworkers Day - ABC7 Los Angeles

The legend of Cesar Chavez will never be the same after multiple rape allegations | Moira Donegan

<p>The righteousness of the farmworker struggle persists in the face of a man who chose not to live up to its values</p><p>Cesar Chavez, one of the founders of the United Farm Workers, who died in 1993, led a movement for the rights and dignity of a long-abused, neglected and exploited agricultural workforce. Through a series of marches, hunger strikes, boycotts and union drives, Chavez and his movement succeeded in winning crucial labor and civil rights protections and advancing the cause and status of the Latino civil rights movement nationwide.</p><p>He also, according to a new report from the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/cesar-chavez-sexual-abuse-allegations-ufw.html">New York Times</a>, sexually harassed and assaulted women in his movement, and sexually abused and raped the daughters of some UFW organizers when they were girls.</p><p>Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/20/cesar-chavez-legacy-...

U.S. Embassy in Cuba tells citizens to avoid crowds amid protests

The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, is urging American citizens to avoid large crowds amid reports of “anticipated pro-Cuban regime and anti-U.S. policy protests and rallies” in the coming days. The Embassy issued an alert shortly before 7 p.m. EDT on Thursday, citing the planned demonstrations and reports of a protest scheduled for Saturday on…

NYC Mayor Mamdani launches community safety office, inching forward a campaign promise - AP News

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US embassy in Iraq's Baghdad hit in missiles attack, security sources say - Reuters

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Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump's Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat - AP News

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