In theory, I knew that this kind of thing can happen in any family.
Upstanding citizens are always turning out to be secret criminals.
And I wouldn't even call my cousin Alan an upstanding citizen.
But it's one thing to know and another thing to understand.
Alan, murder me.
What the hell was Alan thinking?
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From The New York Times, I'm Natalie Kittrow.
This is The Daily.
News, the New York Times just publishing shocking new allegations made against late labor leader Cesar Chavez.
After a Times investigation revealed allegations of sexual abuse
against one of America's most important civil rights icons.
This really is a reimagining of a whole legacy.
The entire country has started to reckon with a new reality.
They covered up the late civil rights leader's name.
With cement removed the image of Cesar Chavez from several commissioned pieces of art.
A statue at Cesar Chavez Plaza is now wrapped up in plastic you see here.
And a history that's now been rewritten.
California officially renaming the holiday formerly known as Cesar Chavez Day, March 31st, now to Farm Workers Day.