President Barack Obama presented the United States’ highest civilian honor to civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, musician Bob Dylan, novelist Toni Morrison and 10 other people at a White House ceremony on Tuesday.... Read more»
Civil rights activist and United Farm Workers of America co-founder Dolores Huerta will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor when she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this spring.... Read more»1
Saturday is César Chávez Day and Tucson will honor the late labor leader and activist with a march and celebration on the city’s South Side.... Read more»
Political views weren’t only being heard inside the Mesa Arts Center where Republican presidential hopefuls gathered to debate Wednesday night — they could be heard outside, as well.... Read more»
Richard Chávez, who joined his brother César Chávez to help form the United Farm Workers and fought for the rights of migrants, died Wednesday afternoon from complications following a surgery in a Bakersfield, Calif., hospital. He was 81. (with videos)... Read more»
President Barack Obama declared March 31 to be Cesar Chavez Day, in honor of the crusading founder of the United Farm Workers.... Read more»
Opinion: One month ago, Gov. Jan Brewer signed the draconian bill SB 1070 into law, legalizing racial profiling. In that month, Arizona changed.... Read more»8
As many as 8,000 opponents of Arizona’s new immigration law marched downtown to a May Day rally. The crowd stretched from curb to curb on Sixth Avenue, and was several blocks long as it moved toward hundreds of demonstrators already waiting in the park.... Read more»1
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