Allegations against Cesar Chavez spark reckoning over power and silence

The farmworker community is grappling with allegations that multiple women were sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez during the rise of the United Farm Workers union. UFW cofounder Dolores Huerta is now speaking to the complex power dynamics at play, describing what it means to work alongside a revered leader while suffering in silence. The case is drawing comparisons to Harvey Weinstein, where survivors came forward years later despite once being publicly associated with him. On The Nine, Cait Alexander, founder of End Violence Everywhere, joined us to unpack why these patterns persist, and why more survivors are speaking out now.