To push back on Pride month, Fresno County adopted ‘Traditional’ family month
While the LGBTQ+ community and allies celebrated June as Pride month across much of the country, one community…
Why This City’s Reckoning With Cesar Chavez Is So Complicated
In San Jose, Calif., Cesar Chavez is everywhere. The labor leader held his first community organizing meetings at…
Fresno Took 30 Years to Name Cesar Chavez Blvd. Undoing It Took a Day.
For 30 years, Latino farmworkers in Fresno, Calif., watched as other cities named streets in honor of Cesar…
Charges dropped against Torrance officers in killing of Black man
Manslaughter charges were officially dismissed Thursday against two former Torrance police officers charged in the 2018 shooting death…
Santa Ana votes to scrub César Chávez’s name, image from local parks
In the wake of sex abuse allegations against late farmworker leader César Chávez, the Santa Ana City Council…
From Columbus to Chávez: L.A.’s disappearing, disfigured, displaced statues
Try taking a census of the immobilized population of Los Angeles — otherwise known as our civic statues,…
Gov. Newsom signs bill to rename César Chavez Day in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in an…
Why I’m not taking down my César Chávez photo
The framed photo of César Chávez and Dolores Huerta sits in my personal office on a bookshelf crammed…
Lesson plans go ‘out the window’ as educators pivot on César Chávez
Intense angst over César Chávez’s legacy amid sexual abuse allegations is ripping through California classrooms, prompting teachers, scholars…
Commentary: The grief behind the cascade of online Dolores Huerta photos
The photos currently flooding my social media stream are like a highlight reel of the life of Chicana…
Scandal resurrects old clash over renaming beloved Brooklyn Avenue after Cesar Chavez
Inside one of the oldest barbershops in Boyle Heights, Rodney Trammell gave an oral history of Brooklyn Avenue…
Covering murals, removing statues: The erasure of Cesar Chavez is underway in California
It took three decades of battles and lobbying for Cesar Chavez’s name and likeness to grace hundreds of…