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Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas in The Sacramento Bee: “Did US Census undercount Latinos? Here’s how California found hard-to-reach residents”

“During the count, it was Latino communities that were having really high rates of infections and deaths, which also definitely impacted the way in which people view the priority of a census,” said Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, director of research for the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at UCLA. “When your community is dying, you don’t really care so much…

Laura E. Gomez in Los Angeles Times: “Op-Ed: ‘Other’ as the nation’s 2nd-largest race? Latinos and the 2020 census may make that happen”

“Until the census catches up to Latinos’ racial reality, we won’t truly know how they are faring compared with other racial groups when it comes to factors as varied as educational inequality, deaths while in police custody, COVID-19 disparities and so many other fundamental social issues of our time,” writes LPPI Expert, Laura E. Gomez.

Sonja Diaz in ABC 7: “Latino voters are a ‘very critical unknown’ in Newsom recall election, experts say”

“This recall is really about a referendum of how we reopen; how our elected leaders including at the top, the governor, is able to ensure that people are having access to things to keep them not only safe, but making sure the world’s fifth largest economy can continue to thrive,” said Sonja Diaz.

Michael Rodriguez in Revista 7: ““La pandemia por covid-19 sigue fuerte en todo el mundo”: experto de la UCLA” (Spanish)

Dr. Michael Rodríguez, profesor de ciencias de la salud comunitaria de la Facultad de Salud Pública Fielding de UCLA, habla sobre el estado de la pandemia a nivel mundial. “Desafortunadamente, la situación de la pandemia por COVID-19 sigue siendo fuerte en todo el mundo”, dijo Rodríguez. “Hay una necesidad urgente de prácticas que reduzcan el…

Laura Gómez in The Atlantic: “There’s No Playbook for What Alex Padilla Is Trying to Do California’s new senator, who filled Kamala Harris’s seat, is hoping to speak for his fellow Latinos. That won’t be easy.”

“Because of his experience as California secretary of state, he knows the voting-rights history of this country and the efforts to disenfranchise people. Then, by virtue of having been to an East Coast school, he’s been exposed to [other Latino groups], and he needs to continue to build bridges to Puerto Ricans and Cubans and…

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