The New York Times this week published a searing exposé of the most important Mexican American icon of modern times, Cesar Chavez, legendary leader of the United Farm Workers.
The allegations against the late union organizer are decades old, most dating to the 1960s and ’70s, but they are no less devastating. Some involve teenagers. One alleged victim was Dolores Huerta herself, the heroic co-founder of the UFW. Together, they changed the way America thought of and cared about the people who work hard to put food on our tables.
