Anthony Advincula

Like the grape farmworkers that Chavez organized, tipped workers in New York are tired of being treated like leftovers on the plates that they clean up. Tired of getting ripped off and working 60 hours a week to compensate for their meager wages. Tired of seeing their mothers, sisters and friends getting abused and harassed.

Today, as we honor Cesar Chavez Day, which is observed throughout the country on the 95th birth date of the late founder of the United Farm Workers Union, I can see why the unfair working conditions on grape farms in California nearly 55 years ago still resemble those that exist today among tipped workers in New York.

NEW YORK, NY — Last Sunday, I finally went to see Jon M. Chu’s “Crazy Rich Asians,” the romantic comedy from Warner Bros. that has been repeatedly heralded as the first Hollywood film to feature a nearly all-Asian cast in 25 years. I am not utterly surprised.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — On a Monday afternoon, Willie Jordan wheeled himself into his boxy apartment near downtown Los Angeles. He showed his new belongings: a mahogany brown leather love seat, a queen-size bed with a metal headboard, and a small television. "This is my home," he said while sitting in his wheelchair. “My neighbors and I are friends.”

ATLANTA, GA — In school, Hannah Chung became the butt of jokes because her lunchbox always had kimchi — a Korean staple made of fermented cabbage steeped in chili and spices.

NEW YORK, NY — By the time "Betting on Zero," a documentary about Herbalife Ltd., premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring, and hit U.S. theaters March 10, millions of dollars had already been mailed to about 350,000 alleged victims of Herbalife’s pyramid scheme. Those checks are the result of a $200 million Herbalife’s settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.

NEW YORK, NY — This film reveals disturbing truths about how U.S. military forces use drones to gather information, track targets, and bomb insurgents.