On March 18, The New York Times published an investigative article alleging Cesar Chavez had sexually abused two adolescent ...

Chicana literature has grown from the activism of the Chicano Movement into a vibrant, multi-voiced exploration of identity, culture, and resistance. From early pioneers like Sandra Cisneros and ...

“You will never know how it feels to have Brown skin and a Mexican name. You will never know what it is like to watch your mother struggle with white words.” In this collection of prose pieces, author ...

One of the many tools of the farmworker movement in the 1960s was Teatro Campesino, a traveling theater troupe that told the plight of the farmworkers through “actos,” or short skits. Why it matters: ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This spring, Chicana women throughout the metro will be celebrated at ¡Viva La Chicana! 2026. The event is hosted by Latinx Education Collaborative, RevED KC, and Chicano Center for ...

This post was updated March 19 at 10:45 a.m. UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department unanimously voted Wednesday afternoon to remove César E. Chávez from its name following sexual abuse allegations ...

Academics have tried to reimagine how our tax laws would be transformed through a feminist lens, and how they could be more equitable and attentive toward caregivers. Credit...Eleanor Davis Supported ...

Abstract: This 80-minute special session introduces the FIE community to a new book by author Dr. Sarah L. Rodriguez entitled, Supporting Latina Students in Engineering and Computing: A Chicana ...

Feminism enjoys nearly universal acceptance across today’s political and intellectual landscape. To declare oneself antifeminist in 2026 is often enough to be labeled as indifferent to women’s dignity ...

WASHINGTON – The granddaughter of a bracero, who waited 50 days to take her seat in Congress, Rep. Adelita Grijalva stepped to the podium on the House floor and told her colleagues, "Our democracy ...

It was a case of Maxim-um misogyny. A mere week after getting shamed over its resurfaced “unsexiest women” countdown, Maxim is under fire yet again for another “sexist” hit piece from the early 2000s.