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Dolores Huerta’s civil rights legacy was inextricably linked with Cesar Chavez. Then she accused him of abuse
Days before The New York Times published bombshell allegations of sexual abuse that would upend the legacy of famed labor rights leader Cesar Chavez, Delia Garcia answered a phone call from her longtime friend, Dolores Huerta. “She said, ‘Let’s have a conversation, and I need you to be sitting down,’” Garcia told CNN. Then Huerta – who cofounded the famed…
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Vanessa Motta and Jason Giles guilty
After nearly three weeks of bombshell testimony in a wide-ranging staged wrecks trial, a jury has convicted two prominent New Orleans attorneys. The jury found attorneys Vanessa Motta and Jason Giles guilty on all charges. Motta was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, three counts of obstruction of justice, and four counts of witness…
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John Roberts Is Hanging District Court Judges Out to Dry
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Chief Justice John Roberts received applause from an audience at Rice University on Tuesday in appreciation of his defense of the judiciary from inappropriate attacks. Roberts appeared in conversation with Lee Rosenthal, a senior federal district judge, who asked the chief how he…
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Trump administration sues Harvard, seeking to recover grants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to freeze existing grants and seek repayment for grants already paid. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, is another salvo in a protracted battle between the administration of President Donald…
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Trump Is Getting Drilled, Baby, Drilled
There has always been a chasm between the actual MAGA voters and the MAGA intelligentsia that purports to speak for them, but it has rarely been as visible as it is this week. Many of the leading lights of the literate right have been pulling their hair out (with good reason!) over the Iran war, with Christopher Caldwell declaring it…
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Iran war could weaken Ukraine’s hand as Russia plans new offensives
With U.S.-brokered Ukraine peace talks on hold due to the war in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to try to expand his military gains via new offensives against his neighbor that could put even more pressure on Kyiv. Windfall revenues from surging global oil prices are filling Moscow’s war coffers and U.S. air defense assets are…
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Iran war-induced fertilizer shortage threatens farm state Republicans
Garrett Mauch spreads manure as fertilizer on fields at his family’s farm in Lamar, Colorado, on January 21, 2026. RJ Sangosti | The Denver Post Via Getty Images | Denver Post | Getty Images The Strait of Hormuz shutdown caused by the war in Iran is jacking up fertilizer prices, hitting farmers in their pocketbooks and threatening to raise food…
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The decades-long resilience of Cuba’s government in jeopardy over Trump administration’s siege
MIAMI (AP) — The Cuban Communist Party has shown an astonishing resilience over six decades in power. Whether it’s the United States trade embargo to counter Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, or the widespread starvation of the “special period” that followed the breakup of its Cold War patron, the Soviet Union, both U.S. hostilities and calamities of its own making have…
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Nicholas O’Malley, Boston police officer, charged in deadly shooting – NBC Boston
A Boston police officer has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the deadly shooting of a carjacking suspect last week. Nicholas O’Malley, 33, of Boston, was arrested Thursday morning and was arraigned in Roxbury District Court in connection with the fatal shooting of Stephenson King, 39, of Dorchester, on March 11. He entered a not guilty plea and was…
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Calls grow to remove Cesar Chavez’s name from buildings, parks, roads
The sex abuse allegations against famed labor leader Cesar Chavez has prompted immediate calls that his name be stripped from schools, parks, streets, buildings and holidays. The claims immediately became a political issue across California and other states, where Chavez has been memorialized in many ways since his death in 1993. Gov. Gavin Newsom said no decisions have been made…
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