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The report is part of ongoing advocacy by the UCLA Voting Rights Project, an effort led by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. The Project is pushing for the implementation of universal vote-by-mail for the November general election during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“When kids are under stress, they don’t perform as well,” said Pedro Noguera, most recently Distinguished Professor of Education at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the incoming dean of the USC’s Rossier’s School of Education. “When kids are taken out of the classroom to be punished or to be processed in some way,…
“It really hasn’t helped that you’ve had some of these groups thinking that wearing a face mask is the first step in tyranny or communism,” said David Hayes-Bautista, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Matt Barreto, professor of political science and Chicano/a Studies at UCLA and co-founder of the research and polling firm Latino Decisions, discusses weekly political roundtable recaps.
Dr. Hayes-Bautista told briefing attendees that Latinos are 80% less likely to find a dentist in their local area. “Lack of Latino dentists, lack of insurance, and high costs makes dentistry inaccessible to Latino Communities. Teledentistry may provide access and affordable options for underserved communities,” Dr. Hayes-Bautista said.
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