Book Review

The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW

Alina R. Méndez / NACLA Aug 25, 2023 Paiz’s book provides a balanced history of the United Farm Workers movement, without losing sight of the myriad ways it brought people together to demand, conceive, and build better worlds. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The ‘Two Bobbys’: The Short, Complicated Political Life of RFK

Robert Scheer / The Nation Jun 5, 2018 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer was the last journalist to interview Robert Kennedy moments before the candidate was fatally wounded on this date 50 years ago. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Immigrant ‘Warriors for Justice’ Return to Their Roots

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Nov 20, 2017 Latino grass-roots organizers in Los Angeles are resisting the Trump administration's assaults in ways that would make their forebears proud. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Sí, Se Puede: ‘Dolores’ Reminds Us to Keep Fighting for Human Rights

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Sep 21, 2017 The new film tells the story of social justice icon Dolores Huerta. Truthdig sat down for a conversation with her and director Peter Bratt. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Labor Icon Dolores Huerta Warns Against Violence (Audio and Transcript)

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 15, 2017 In this week's episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” host and Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews the longtime civil rights activist. [Transcript added.] Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Power to the Peaceful

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Aug 29, 2017 The healing of America begins with love. Social justice innovators are showing the way. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Portraying the Mexican-American Experience in Six Hours

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Sep 23, 2016 "A Mexican Trilogy: An American Story" is an epic production for the Latino Theater Company’s epic anniversary: telling the stories of its often-ignored community for 30 years. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Diego Luna’s ‘Cesar Chavez’ Showcases the Power of Union Organizing and Immigrant Labor

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Mar 27, 2014 When Ronald Reagan famously ate grapes on television as governor of California in 1969, he was thumbing his nose at a growing movement for the rights of farmworkers. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Cesar Chavez: The Story of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Mar 27, 2014 Diego Luna tells Truthdig he wanted to make a movie his Mexican-American son could look to for inspiration. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Conservatives Outraged by Cesar Chavez Google Doodle on Easter

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 1, 2013 Members of the right wing are freaking out online after Internet search giant Google chose to honor Cesar Chavez with a doodle on Easter Sunday instead of something Christian holiday related. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Response From UFW to Marc Cooper

By Marc Grossman Nov 14, 2009 I'm "the heavy-handed UFW press relations chief who had to quietly resign," the one to whom Marc Cooper refers in his latest attack on Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers ("Marc Cooper on the Fate of Cesar Chavez's Dream," Truthdig, Nov. 13). Like most of the rest of his article, this claim is false.I'm "the heavy-handed UFW press relations chief who had to quietly resign," the one to whom Marc Cooper refers in his latest attack on Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Marc Cooper on the Fate of Cesar Chavez’s Dream

BLANK Nov 13, 2009 In her important new book, Miriam Pawel chronicles how a movement to unionize farmworkers failed to realize its charismatic founder’s vision as his relatives turned a union into a family business.Miriam Pawel's new book chronicles how a charismatic leader's vision for farmworkers failed as his relatives turned a union into a family business. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )