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  "id": 16928670,
  "title": "Dolores Huerta, champion of migrant workers’ rights, dead at 96",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-champion-of-migrant-workers-rights-dead-at-96",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T16:43:53.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Labor movement leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta died Wednesday at the age of 96. Her family announced her passing via Instagram, expressing deep sadness over the loss of their mother. El Pais English reported that a family spokesperson told The New York Times that the cause of death was cancer.\n\nHuerta co-founded the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez. According to PBS NewsHour and NPR, she co-founded the union to improve working conditions within the nation's fruit and vegetable fields. The phrase \"Sí, se puede!\" was coined by Huerta and became a widespread rallying cry, according to both PBS NewsHour and NPR.",
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        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/labor-rights-leader-dolores-huerta-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T15:52:20.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Dolores Huerta cause of death: All we know as co-founder of United Farm Workers dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-cause-of-death-all-we-know-as-co-founder-of-united",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:02:27.000Z"
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        "title": "Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-influential-labor-leader-feminist-and-civil-rights-16926270",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:10:43.000Z"
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        "title": "Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-influential-labor-leader-feminist-and-civil-rights",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:23:48.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Dolores Huerta, labor activist and civil rights icon, dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-labor-activist-and-civil-rights-icon-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:25:00.000Z"
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        "title": "Dolores Huerta, labor and civil rights icon, dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-labor-and-civil-rights-icon-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:36:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Labor activist Dolores Huerta dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/labor-activist-dolores-huerta-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:48:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "US civil rights leader Dolores Huerta dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/us-civil-rights-leader-dolores-huerta-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T17:24:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Dolores Huerta, US labor organizer and icon of the left, dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-us-labor-organizer-and-icon-of-the-left-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T18:24:35.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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