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David Hayes-Bautista in ROI-NJ: “BofA study: Latino GDP in N.J. is $97B — and growing at much faster rate than overall state”

The data was released and discussed during an event featuring President of Bank of America New Jersey Alberto Garofalo, President of Bank of America Greater Philadelphia Jim Dever and David Hayes-Bautista of UCLA. The report provides detailed analysis of the state-level Latino GDPs for the eight key states, benchmarked against the broader U.S. Latino GDP.

Pedro Noguera in Albuquerque Journal: “Fund art programs like we support sports”

In September 2018, Pedro Noguera, professor emeritus from UCLA, testified before the New Mexico Legislative Education Study Committee about equity in schools and remarked that – as we all know – students who participate in athletics or performing arts in their schools have better outcomes than students who do not.

Matt Barreto in Cal Matters: “¿Por qué Larry Elder se está enfocando tanto en llegar a los votantes latinos y asiáticos?” (Spanish)

Pero la mayoría de las encuestas estatales muestran que Elder realiza las encuestas como un típico candidato republicano: es menos popular entre los votantes latinos, negros y asiáticos que entre los blancos. Eso no sorprende a Matt Barreto, fundador de Latino Policy and Politics Institute de UCLA. “Si Larry Elder hubiera presentado un mensaje de…

Eric Avila in Looper News: “Who Actually Framed Roger Rabbit?”

The freeway scheme of “Roger Rabbit” is based on what really happened in Los Angeles, which, at that time, was deeply segregated via redlining and exclusionary white neighborhoods. When L.A. built its freeways, they gutted multiple neighborhoods occupied primarily by people of color. This was a stated goal of urban planners’ design, according to UCLA…

Sonja Diaz in Honest Columnist: “Latinos in labor unions were better protected from job losses during pandemic”

Following previous studies demonstrating that Latinos faced disproportionate public health and economic consequences during the pandemic, the new report highlights the benefits that labor unions can provide to vulnerable workers during an economic crisis, said Sonja Diaz, the founding director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute.

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