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CBC head: Nothing is stopping Afro-Latinos from joining both Black, Hispanic caucuses

But during a panel on Black and brown social movements, hosted by UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute on Wednesday, Bass told POLITICO that there is no such policy.

Read More | July 27, 2020

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As COVID Spikes in California, Latinx Workers Who “Keep the State Going” See Up to 5x the Deaths

“Latino and people of color basically do the scut work that keep the state going, its economy going, but get very little of the resources,” says Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Read More | July 27, 2020

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Report shows safe voting possible

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), the UCLA Voting Rights Project, and Voting Rights Lab (VRL) have released a report from medical experts, political scientists, and voting rights advocates entitled “Protecting Public Health in the 2020 Election.”

Read More | July 27, 2020

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Paramilitary-Style Tactics in Portland Mirror Decades of U.S. Violence on the Border & Abroad

Democracy Now! speaks with Cecilia Menjívar, UCLA sociology professor, who says the image of unmarked vans snatching people from the streets “brings back memories to Latin Americans who lived through disappearances of families and friends and co-workers.”

Read More | July 27, 2020

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It’s not just immigration. How Latino leaders want to participate in pandemic recovery

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute released on Thursday a set of policy recommendations aimed at policymakers and political leaders to improve opportunities for Latino communities and push them towards a road to an “equitable recovery” in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read More | July 27, 2020

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