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UCLA Study Says Job Automation Will Disproportionately Affect Latinos

“As Latinos take a disproportionate financial hit from the COVID-19 crisis, now is a good time to focus on increasing training opportunities and to strengthen the social safety net to catch workers who are left behind,” said Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, the report’s author and director of research at the Latino policy and politics initiative. “Millions of…

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Diversity & Inclusion

A 911 caller said a Latino man was kidnapping a white child. The toddler was his grandson

“While oftentimes we argue that the United States is quote-unquote ‘post-racial,’ we see a lot of incidents such as this one in Torrance, where we can see how race is still really a fundamental feature that we use when we interact with one another,” said Natalie Masuoka, an associate professor of political science and Asian…

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

The Fight for the Latino Vote

During one meeting on September 1st, the campaign’s senior Latino staff—including deputy campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, senior advisor Cristobal Alex, pollster Matt Barreto, and consultant Adrian Saenz—met with the analytics team to discuss expanding the universe of Latino voters being targeted by the campaign, according to sources with knowledge of the meetings.

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Demography & Population Studies

Is It Time To Say R.I.P. To ‘POC’?

LPPI expert Efren Perez appeared on NPR Code Switch to discuss the term POC. “When we affirm the parallel experiences that unify the group, you see that higher levels of identifying as a person of color lead you to be more supportive of Black Lives Matter and DACA.”

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Presidential Debate

Sonja Diaz joins KTLA as a political analyst to discuss the first Presidential Debate. “None of what President Trump is saying is factually correct in terms of the response to Coronavirus and also his impact on the economy.”

Read More | October 19, 2020

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