US Politics
The Shattered Saint: Reckoning with César Chávez and the Imperative of Historical Truth
A New York Times investigation has revealed a long history of alleged sexual abuse by labor leader César Chávez, causing professors across California to re-evaluate how they teach the farmworker movement. This devastating revelation forces a painful but necessary reckoning with the myth of sainthood that can obscure profound human failings and betrayals.
