PHOENIX — On the outskirts of Phoenix, a small town with a huge reliance on the Colorado River has capped growth, revived old wells and […]
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For César Chavez supporters, a painful query: What to do along with his legacy now
Antonio Bustamante has kept a watercolor of labor leader César Chavez for more than 35 years, hanging it on the wall of his law office […]
Many work to reconcile César Chavez’s labor rights activist legacy with sexual abuse allegations
PHOENIX — Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband marched and fasted alongside César Chavez. They helped him open a radio station in Phoenix and plastered […]
César Chavez and Dolores Huerta led a motion that gained higher wages and situations for farmworkers
Dolores Huerta and the late César Chavez are both labor rights icons credited with leading a movement that pushed growers to negotiate for better wages […]
Mississippi jury acquits engineer accused of mendacity about 2017 army aircraft crash
GREENVILLE, Miss. — A jury has acquitted a former engineer overseeing military aircraft maintenance of charges of making false statements and obstructing justice during the […]
Drought-stricken Arizona strikes to curb groundwater use in additional rural areas
PHOENIX — Officials in drought-stricken Arizona are moving to regulate groundwater use on the state’s western edge where wells have been running dry. The new […]
