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Cesar Chavez’s legacy lives on in Biden’s new campaign chair

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

In this undated photo, labor leader Maria Moreno speaks with migrant farmworkers in rural California. A new film dives into the mystery around the Mexican American labor leader who organized farmworkers years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta and then disappeared from the public eye. (George Ballis/Take Stock via AP)

Film explores Latina union leader who organized farmworkers

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

This July 6, 2017 photo shows a makeshift memorial to Hispanic Civil War Union soldiers who fought in the Battle of Glorieta Pass in Northern New Mexico outside Santa Fe. It's a typical representation for many sites linked to U.S. Latino history: It's shabby, largely unknown and always at risk of disappearing if it weren't for a handful of history aficionados. The lack of historical markers and preserved historical sites connected to Latino civil rights worries scholars who feel the scarcity is affecting how Americans see Hispanics in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

US lacks Latino historical sites and landmarks, scholars say

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

This combination of 1963-1979 photos shows, from left, Cesar Chavez, The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gloria Steinem. The protest marches that have filled the nation’s streets since the election of Donald Trump rely on multiple voices, a change from the heyday of ‘60s social activism where there often was one famous face connected to a cause. The era of Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez, both charismatic leaders, has given way to many people speaking out in rallies for women, immigrant rights, gun control. Social media has also made it easier to organize protests without a big name at the center. (AP Photo, File)

Social media is the new heart of political protests

By SHARON COHEN - Associated Press

Students to stay home, farmworkers to march for Cesar Chavez

Associated Press

**FILE** Cesar Chavez gestures as he speaks during a Los Angeles news conference March 8, 1989. Chavez, the United Farm workers president who staged a life-threatening fast against pesticide use in 1988, said the union's boycott of California table grapes is a success that has forced growers to lower prices and dump fruit they couldn't sell. (AP Photo/Alan Greth)

EDITORIAL: California farm workers resist union attempt

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Scott Fistler, a Democratic candidate for Arizona's 7th Congressional District seat, has changed his name to Cesar Chavez in a desperate bid to win over voters in his largely Hispanic community. (Fox News)

Arizona Democratic candidate changes name to Cesar Chavez

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this undated file photo released by Pantelion Films shows Michael Pena as Cesar Chavez in a scene from &quot;Cesar Chavez.&quot; The movie that opened Thursday, May 1, 2014, Labor Day in Latin America, is titled “El Mexicano que desafio a los Estados Unidos,” or “The Mexican who Defied the United States,” with the subtitle “Who the hell is Cesar Chavez?” (AP Photo/Pantelion Films, File)

Who was Cesar Chavez? Most Mexicans don’t know

By KATHERINE CORCORAN - Associated Press

**FILE** Cesar Chavez gestures as he speaks during a Los Angeles news conference March 8, 1989. Chavez, the United Farm workers president who staged a life-threatening fast against pesticide use in 1988, said the union's boycott of California table grapes is a success that has forced growers to lower prices and dump fruit they couldn't sell. (AP Photo/Alan Greth)

Cesar Chavez resolution blocked by GOP

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illinois Gov. Quinn honors life of Cesar Chavez

Associated Press

President Obama walks with Cesar Chavez's widow, Helen F. Chavez (left), and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, as they tour the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Memorial Garden in Keene, Calif., on Monday. (Associated Press)

Obama designates Chavez home as monument

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Obama (left) calls actor George Clooney a good friend whom he got to know during Mr. Clooney's work on Sudan. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Left Coast bandwagon

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

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EDITORIAL: The USS Karl Marx

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Navy too politically correct for ‘old salts’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

CITIZEN JOURNALISM: Chavez-Bruce’s new facility

Obama’s ability to win Hispanics questioned