“It is time to begin a process of healing for the victims of Chávez’s violence, and for the full story of the UFW to become public knowledge,”
The Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of History, Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies, and Human Relations writes of sexual-assault allegations regarding labor leader Cesar Chávez.
Read the full article The time for Cesar Chavez to fall in latimes.com.
Also, Professor Garcia, author of a book on Cesar Chávez and the farm worker movement, discusses the importance of reassessing his legacy as a labor and civil rights icon in the article What do we do with Cesar Chavez’s memory now? A biographer says it’s not enough to reckon with Chavez’s actions. What’s needed is accountability by Seth Maxon, published on March 20, 2026, in Vox.com.
On the March 31, 2026, New York Times reporter Manny Fernandez credits history and Latino studies professor Matt Garcia with the key tip that led to the paper’s investigation of Cesar Chávez and his sexual abuse of women and girls. Read the full article How Cesar Chávez Abused His Power in nytimes.com.