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Pioneering Labor Activist Dolores Huerta

Huerta was far more than an assistant of Cesar Chavez, leader of United Farm Workers, and she risked her life for her activism.

by Dolores Huerta, Lily Rothman via TIME on March 27, 2018

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The United Farm Worker’s 1,000 Mile March, 1975.

How Unions Are Made

A new history of labor organizing in Coachella tells us the story of the United Farm Workers and how its rank-and-file members drove the union to success.

by Juan Ignacio Mora via The Nation on March 19, 2024

Television camera operator at work.

Latino Empowerment Through Public Broadcasting

How Latinos have used public radio and television to communicate their cultures, histories, hopes, and concerns.

by Alexandra García, Gabriela Rivera via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on November 23, 2021

Farmworkers in a field.

During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Immigrant Farmworkers Are Heroes

Our thanks should be recognizing the crucial role they play in our society.

by Eladio Bobadilla via Made By History on March 31, 2020

Time magazine covers featuring women.

100 Women of the Year

From Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama, meet 100 women who defined the last century.

via TIME on March 5, 2020

America's Few Latino Historical Sites Languish, Forgotten and Decaying

A makeshift memorial in New Mexico dedicated to Hispanic Union soldiers "looks like just a taco stand, without any tacos."

by Associated Press via NBC News on October 14, 2018

Well-Behaved Women Make History Too

What gets lost when it’s only the rebel girls who get lionized?

by Joanna Scutts via Slate on June 21, 2018

The Problem With Philanthropy

A new book asks: Can the surplus of capitalist exploitation be used to aid those on whose backs this surplus is generated?

by Cassandra Ritas via Public Books on February 8, 2017

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