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Dolores Huerta, influential labour leader and civil rights icon, dies at 96

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Dolores Huerta , the pioneering labor organizer who co-founded the United Farm Workers and coined the rallying cry "Sí, se puede," died Wednesday at 96, her family announced on her Instagram account. Labour leader and feminist activist Dolores Huerta died at the age of 96 this week. Covered by 6 outlets: 2 lean left, 4 are centre.

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  1. Democracy Now! Left Factuality: Mostly factual US
    "She Was a Fighter": Dolores Huerta, Legendary Farmworker Organizer & Activist, Dies at 96

    Immigrant rights and labor icon Dolores Huerta died Wednesday at the age of 96. Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962 and then the United Farm Workers of America, working with Cesar Chavez. From 1965 to 1970, the union organized the historic Delano...

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  2. Film-News.Co.Uk Center Factuality: Mostly factual GB
    Eva Longoria leads tributes to 'teacher of life' Dolores Huerta

    Labour leader and feminist activist Dolores Huerta died at the age of 96 this week.

  3. The Christian Science Monitor Center Factuality: High US
    Where Dolores Huerta lived, her legacy inspires activism in a new context

    Calls to continue Dolores Huerta’s advocacy for workers – and her promotion of voting – follow her death.

  4. The Globe and Mail Center Factuality: High CA
    Dolores Huerta, labour leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96

    The family of Dolores Huerta said the United Farmworkers co-founder, civil rights icons and feminist activists in the U.S. died Wednesday at the age of 96.

  5. TIME Leans left Factuality: High US
    Activist Dolores Huerta Dies at 96. Here's What To Know About Her Trailblazing Life

    The feminist labor leader cofounded the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez.

  6. Axios Center Factuality: High US
    Dolores Huerta, pioneering labor activist, dies at 96

    Dolores Huerta , the pioneering labor organizer who co-founded the United Farm Workers and coined the rallying cry "Sí, se puede," died Wednesday at 96, her family announced on her Instagram account. Why it matters: The civil rights legend helped lead strikes and boycotts,...

  7. The Globe and Mail Center Factuality: High CA
    Dolores Huerta, influential labour leader and civil rights icon, dies at 96

    Her work over the decades earned her accolades including the Presidential Medal of Freedom

  8. New Republic Left Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Dolores Huerta, Pioneering Labor and Civil Rights Icon, Has Died

    Renowned labor activist and United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta has died at 96. Her decades of union organizing changed the lives of thousands of primarily Latino farm workers. “We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved mother, Dolores Huerta, has passed...

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Democracy Now! "She Was A Fighter": Dolores Huerta, Legendary Farmworker Organizer & Activist, Dies at 96
Democracy Now! Remembering Dolores Huerta