Over a five-year span, our journalists, Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes, delved into accusations asserting that the esteemed civil rights leader, Cesar Chavez, had sexually mistreated females throughout the various echelons of the United Farm Workers movement. Manny Fernandez now offers an exclusive insight into their extensive inquiry.
Authored by Manny Fernandez, Sarah Hurtes, Mimi Dwyer, Christina Shaman, Thomas Vollkommer, Jon Miller, James Surdam, Nikolay Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, Chris Orr, Pedro Garcia and Rolando Garcia
March 20, 2026