California Edition

California Faces Another Major Sex Scandal as Abuse Payouts Soar

Sexual abuse allegations against civil rights leader César Chávez have prompted a swift reaction.
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, center, in 2024.Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

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“Sí, se puede.” When Dolores Huerta coined the rallying cry for migrant farmworkers, exhorting them to fight back against brutal conditions in grape plantations, she ultimately helped forge one of the most powerful labor forces in the US.