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January Declared Deadliest Month in the Pandemic in the U.S.

“Latinos have a very high work – they’ve been essential workers, not the physicians and nurses but they are the farm workers that give us the food, the truck drivers, the food service workers, attenders, construction workers and Latinos have more wage earners per household than on a span of white household,” says David Hayes-Bautista.

Read More | February 8, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Number of Latinos dying daily from Covid soars 1,000% in Los Angeles

“Los Angeles under Covid-19 has won the world series in baseball, the championship in basketball and holds the title for most Covid-19 infections and the most Latinos who are losing their lives,” said Sonja Diaz, the founding director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, to the Guardian.

Read More | February 8, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Deconstructing the ‘Latino Vote’: Myths, Realities and Missed Opportunities

Sonja Diaz appeared on KQED’s “Latino Vote” to discuss Latinos in the 2020 elections. “Thinking about the invisibility of Latinos, that this is not simply a political issue, but goes across all parts of our institutions, among society — not just newsrooms — but Hollywood and media and entertainment. To academia, to philanthropy. The lack of…

Read More | February 8, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Gender & Sexuality

‘Economic disaster’: California lawmakers consider more aid to Latinas hit hard by COVID

Mary J. Lopez, an economics professor at Occidental College and policy expert for the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, said the unequal job recovery for Latina Californians results “in a widening gap between Latinas and whites.”

Read More | February 8, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

What impact will Latino voters have on North Carolina in the future?

A report by UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute showed that Latinos helped flip two states — Arizona and Georgia — where they collectively make up about 80% of the nation’s Latino electorate, along with 11 other states.

Read More | February 8, 2021

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