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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take the reins of the United States at noon

Everyone will remember the siege that Congress was subjected to two weeks ago, with an insurrection of dark forces dominated by domestic terrorist militias dating back to an old Nativist movement, as the professor at the University of California in Los Angeles said at the time, UCLA, David Hayes-Bautista in this informational space . In…

Read More | January 25, 2021

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Latino pollsters Matt Barreto, Gary Segura split from Latino Decisions, form their own firm

Matt Barreto and Gary Segura, who tapped into Latino opinion as the population exploded and amplified it in the national political discourse, have parted ways with the polling firm Latino Decisions, which they helped create. The two Latino political scientists have started their own polling and consulting firm, LD Insights LLC. (Also: MSN.com and Yahoo…

Read More | January 25, 2021

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How Latino Voters Made Electoral History in 2020

Earlier this week, a data report by the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) estimated that a historic 16.6 million U.S. Latinos voted in the 2020 election, a 30.9% increase from 2016. For this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela breaks down the findings with three members of the UCLA LPPI…

Read More | January 25, 2021

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Disinformation Campaigns: A Discussion of Politics, Pandemics, and Chicana/x and Latina/x Communities

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Executive Director, Sonja Diaz, will appear as a political expert on a webinar set to take place on January 28th. The webinar will cover how to combat misinformation, racially motivated attacks, how leaders can restore trust in government decisions, and much more.

Read More | January 25, 2021

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Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes increase in UC funding for 2021-2022 academic year

Despite the ongoing pandemic, the budget has more funding available than anyone expected, said Patricia Gandara, a UCLA research professor of education. “Everybody needs more money for one thing or another, but I think it’s very positive that (Newsom) has taken an equity lens to it,” Gandara said.

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