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Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta Receives Honorary Doctorate from Yale University

Virginia IsaadJune 7, 2021March 8, 2022

by Virginia IsaadJune 7, 2021March 8, 202205664

Dolores Huerta was on the front lines of change for the civil rights of farm workers, co-founding the National Farm Workers Association (now United Farm Workers) in 1962. The iconic activist continues to be dedicated to the movement and her...

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Eva Longoria’s Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Biopic Gets Lead Actors

Virginia IsaadMay 4, 2021May 4, 2021

by Virginia IsaadMay 4, 2021May 4, 202108010

It’s been more than a year since we learned that Eva Longoria will be directing the biopic about the Latino inventor of the beloved snack, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. This marks actress/producer Longoria’s first feature film as director, she’s also directing...

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Coachella in California is First City in Nation to Give Hero Pay to Farmworkers

Virginia IsaadFebruary 16, 2021February 23, 2021

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 16, 2021February 23, 202104018

The Coachella City Council unanimously approved “hero pay” for certain essential workers and extended the hazard benefits to farmworkers.The emergency ordinance requires certain agricultural operations – in addition to grocery stores, retail pharmacy stores and restaurants – to provide an...

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Latina Stanford Student Exposes Reality of Farmworker Wages

Virginia IsaadAugust 5, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 5, 202003439

Incoming Stanford medical student and Mixteca Oaxaqueña Gianna Nino has been working the fields since she as 14. But it was her recent tweet about picking blueberries that went viral for putting farmworker wages in the spotlight. In the tweet,...

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The Pen or the Sword? Poet Activist Odilia Galván Rodríguez

Diana RicoMay 3, 2017January 29, 2021

by Diana RicoMay 3, 2017January 29, 202111917

Is the pen really mightier than the sword? When it comes to inspiring social change, poet activist Odilia Galván Rodríguez is the person to ask. A former community and labor organizer, Galván Rodríguez worked for such organizations as the United...