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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…

Matt Barreto in El Especial: “LANZAN CAMPAÑA EN ESPAÑOL PARA DAR A CONOCER LAS POLÍTICAS DE BIDEN A LATINOS” (Spanish)

“Es la primera vez que ocurre el lanzamiento de una estrategia dirigida en específico a los latinos con tanta anticipación”, indicó Matt Barreto, consejero de Building Back Together, a Univision.

Matt Barreto in Univision: “Organización de simpatizantes de Biden lanza campaña en español para apoyar su agenda política” (Spanish)

“Es la primera vez que ocurre el lanzamiento de una estrategia dirigida en específico para los latinos con tanta anticipación”, afirma Matt Barreto, consejero senior del grupo, a Univision Noticias.

Chad W. Dunn in Yakima Herald: “Franklin County sued for elections that discriminate against Latino voters”

“Our clients and the UCLA Voting Rights Project gave additional notice over 180 days ago about this violation and during that period the county did not make the changes required by law,” said Chad W. Dunn, the project’s legal director. “This lawsuit ensures fair and equal voting in Franklin County and we are thankful for our clients in…

Eric Avila in PBS: “How infrastructure has historically promoted inequality”

“I think that the conversation we’re having now about race, inequality and infrastructure at this level is new, and to me that’s encouraging,” said Eric Avila, an urban cultural historian and professor at UCLA.

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