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News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Why diversity training on campus is likely to disappoint

Rather than simply declaring that “illegal immigrant” is an unacceptable derogatory term, analyze Jason De Leon’s “The Land of Open Graves,” a vivid portrait that “pushes our understanding of how lives are lived and lost on the U.S.-Mexican border to a new level.”

Read More | August 10, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

How Arizona Latinos Could Help Turn It Blue for First Time Since Clinton in ’96

“The opportunity in Arizona is that Bernie did really well there, especially with younger Latinos, so those are voters that do not like Trump at all,” said Biden campaign pollster Matt Barreto, who recently joined the campaign.

Read More | August 10, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Southeast L.A. already faced many ills. Now it’s the epicenter of coronavirus

“We expected that the COVID cases would sweep out of Beverly Hills and Brentwood and Bel-Air and down into the more exposed areas,” said David Hayes-Bautista, professor of medicine at UCLA and director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture. “It’s done that exactly, following the line of least resistance.”

Read More | August 10, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Health

Why Providers Should Address Disparities in Telehealth Access

In the Golden State alone, 7 million people live in an area with a shortage of healthcare providers; the state also has a shortage of 54,000 Latino physicians, says Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, a professor of medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the David Geffen School of Medicine…

Read More | August 10, 2020

Press Release & Media Advisory → Democracy & Voting Rights

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute Statement on the Selection of the Final Six Members of California’s 2020 Redistricting Commission

Today, the California 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission announced its final six members, which include four Latino representatives. Of the initial list of eight members, none were Latino, raising grave concerns about fair representation.

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