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Honoring Dolores Huerta

Huerta has received the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and four honorary degrees–so why is her name rarely mentioned without Chávez’s?

  Content Warning:  Sexual Assault. Over the next week, as we draw nearer to California’s first “Farmworkers Day,” we’re undoubtedly going to see Dolores Huerta’s name in the news a lot.  But unfortunately, I fear that the focus will be more about the recent New York Times investigation revealing that César Chávez sexually abused numerous …

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Manila Protests Over Environment Follow a Rich Tradition

Happy Filipino American History Month. Here’s a look at Filipino-led protests for environmental justice.

The Philippines made international news last month when several tens of thousands of protestors took over the streets of Manila to express their outrage over the government’s embezzlement of over a trillion Philippine pesos (approximately $17.6 billion USD) designated for flood control projects.  Losing this amount of climate-designated funds to corruption would be problematic anywhere …

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