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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.”

A Salvadoran writer busts the Trump myth of the tattooed immigrant threat

UCLA professor and LPPI expert Leisy J. Abrego says, “In media depictions we’re [immigrants] either victims or criminals, and we don’t have any agency of our own. That’s why books like Lovato’s are so important, because they start to capture the full humanity, the imperfections, but also the strategy, the agency, the collective work to…

Business school rankings could promote racial equity, but don’t (opinion)

Miguel Unzueta, UCLA LPPI expert, co-authored this piece to propose that the five major annual M.B.A. rankings — U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Businessweek, the Financial Times and The Economist — include demographic and curricular metrics of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in their program evaluations.

The Coronavirus Economy Hurts LA Latinos The Most

“In Washington, the idea is you’re poor because you don’t work. That’s not the issue with Latinos,” David Hayes-Bautista, a professor of medicine at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, said. “Latinos work. But they’re poor. The problem is, we don’t pay them,” he said.

Trump’s effort to court Latino voters puts pressure on Biden in key swing states

“What appeals to Latino voters who are supporting Trump is the same thing that appeals to voters who support Trump,” said Sonja Diaz, a former policy counsel to Sen. Kamala Harris during the vice presidential candidate’s time as California attorney general. “We are gaining every day with Latino voters. It is pre-election, so there are a…

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