Anonymous13 days ago
A New York Times investigation published in March 2026 revealed allegations that labor icon César Chávez sexually abused minors and raped United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta over decades, triggering a nationwide reckoning. Within days, murals were painted over, statues removed, and officials from California to Texas moved to strip Chávez's name from streets, schools, parks, and holidays—raising urgent questions about collective memory, due process for the dead, and whether a movement can survive the fall of its most visible symbol.