How a Civil Rights Icon Used His Power to Abuse Girls and Women
For five years, our reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes followed allegations that the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez had sexually abused girls and women at all levels of the United Farm Workers movement. Manny Fernandez takes us inside their investigation.
By Manny Fernandez, Sarah Hurtes, Mimi Dwyer, Christina Shaman, Thomas Vollkommer, Jon Miller, James Surdam, Nikolay Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, Chris Orr, Pedro Garcia and Rolando Garcia
March 20, 2026
