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How politics and race influence pandemic response

Gabe Sanchez, professor of political science and director of UNM’s Center for Social Policy, is part of an interdisciplinary research team looking at how the pandemic is impacting behaviors of the US population as a result of the pandemic. The team also consists of principal investigators from ASU – Edward Vargas; UCLA – Matt Barreto and…

Read More | July 13, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Demography & Population Studies

5 professors receive Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Research

Jason De León, UCLA LPPI expert, was one of five professors who received the Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Research! In De León’s course, students will connect with community organizations to interview and conduct focus groups with migrants who have been held in federal detention centers along the United States–Mexico border, as well as with detention center…

Read More | July 13, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Health

U.S. Smashes Record With More Than 63,000 New Cases; Texas Breaks Records In New Cases, Deaths; Trump Says, Doctors Very Surprised I Aced Cognitive Test. Aired 7-7:30a ET

“Well, what we see is that there are blind spots in our policy. For example, in the early days of the pandemic, we thought essential workers, all physicians and nurses, let’s make sure they have their personal protective equipment that they know what to do, and, of course, they’re very important,” says Dr. David Hayes-Bautista.

Read More | July 13, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Elizabeth Warren lags behind among Latino voters. Do you have a plan for that?

“If you think it doesn’t look good now, you would have seen it six months ago,” said Matt Barreto, a pollster whose firm specializes in the Latino electorate. National polls conducted by Barreto’s firm Latino Decisions in mid-September found that 15 percent of Latino voters in the Democratic primaries intended to vote for Warren, compared to…

Read More | July 13, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Civil Rights

Latino And African American Workers In Sacramento Region Face High Economic Hardship, Job Concerns As Pandemic Continues

“Least likely to have insurance, most likely to speak Spanish, almost 100% immigrant, 70% undocumented,” David Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center said of the state’s migrant farmworkers. “Farmworkers, the people who grow the food that we eat, they’re in these public exposure situations that made it possible for the wealthier communities to shelter in place.”

Read More | July 13, 2020

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