For César Chavez supporters, a painful question: What to do with his legacy now

Antonio Bustamante has kept a watercolor of labor leader César Chavez for more than 35 years, hanging it on the wall of his law office in Yuma, Arizona. As a young man, he was moved by Chavez and helped organize workers before joining his security team. Like many others, Bustamante must now wrestle with reconciling … Read more

On the Lot: The Michael Jackson legacy war

Welcome back to ON THE LOT. In today’s edition: Paris Jackson’s fight with the producers of the Michael Jackson movie, former “Bachelor” producer Michael Carroll and contestant Kelley Flanagan on the Taylor Frankie Paul fallout, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser‘s probe of the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal, directors Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell on keeping it … Read more

Many work to reconcile César Chavez’s labor rights activist legacy with sexual abuse allegations

PHOENIX — Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband marched and fasted alongside César Chavez. They helped him open a radio station in Phoenix and plastered their Mexican restaurant with photos and a mural of the widely admired Latino icon. So when Wilcox’s daughter called this week to inform them of sexual abuse allegations that were … Read more

As Clinton testifies on Epstein, his legacy is already diminished

To Democrats and even some grudging Republicans, former President Bill Clinton was once the gold standard of political practice – folksy, shrewd, charismatic. His famous campaign line, “I feel your pain” – first uttered in a testy town-hall exchange in 1992 – came to epitomize his ability to empathize with voters. Even after the Monica … Read more

China’s economy shakes off Covid legacy to grow 4.5% in Q1 | CNN Business

Hong Kong CNN  —  China’s economy got off to a solid start in 2023, as consumers went on a spending spree after three years of strict pandemic restrictions ended. Gross domestic product grew by 4.5% in the first quarter from a year ago, according to the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday. That beat the … Read more