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Chon Noriega in The Hollywood Reporter: “Danny Ramirez Lifts Off with ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier'”

“A lot of the excitement had to do with the introduction of a new character, Joaquín Torres, and the sense that he would evolve into the next superhero,” says Chon Noriega, a UCLA professor of film, television and digital media, of Ramirez’s Falcon debut. “But there’s another reason for the excitement. Often, Latino characters that appear…

David Hayes-Bautista in Los Angeles Times: “COVID-19 vaccine inequities persist in L.A. County despite progress in underserved areas”

On top of an increased likelihood of exposure, Latinos also are less likely to have access to quality care due to long-entrenched structural inequities, “which is a recipe for not good things,” according to Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, a distinguished professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Also: Yahoo).

UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) in azcentral: “Brnovich takes on Biden’s immigration policies in court in series of federal lawsuits”

A study published last week by UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that the implementation of the rule has created a “chill effect” among immigrant families that is expected to last for quite some time.

Arturo Vargas Bustamante & Sonja Diaz in The Commonwealth Fund: “Can Changing the Public Charge Rule Improve the Health and Lives of Children?”

Arturo Vargas Bustamante and Sonja Diaz of UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Institute argue that COVID-19 has made it even more important to increase immigrants’ trust and participation in public health benefit programs, including marketplace enrollment. Otherwise, immigrant families, they say, will not seek needed care, including COVID-19 vaccination and treatment.

David Hayes-Bautista in The Sacramento Bee: “COVID-19: Kings County saw a 90% Increase in Latino Immigrant Deaths in 2020”

“They work hard, have strong family values, don’t use welfare, are healthy, don’t drink, don’t smoke, etcetera — but for all that work ethic, they are very poorly rewarded. The harder Latinos work, the poorer they are, the less likely they are to have health insurance. They get punished for good behavior,” says Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA…

Arturo Vargas Bustamante in The Sacramento Bee: “Working-age Latino Immigrants 11 Times More Likely to die”

“Many of these immigrants are not able to work in professions that could easily be done remotely. They are working in the field, they are working in the kitchens, they are working in professions that some people have classified as essential services … that makes them vulnerable to catching COVID-19,” says Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante (Also: Fresno Bee, Modesto…

Arturo Vargas Bustamante in Health Affairs: “Tips For Navigating A Request for Abstracts”

Health Affairs reported on a webinar with Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management, about what makes a successful abstract for someone hoping to publish in Health Affairs.

Chon Noriega in UCLA Newsroom: “Eight UCLA professors awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships”

UCLA led all universities and academic institutions in 2021 with eight professors selected to receive fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Chon Noriega, distinguished professor of film, television and digital media has been named a fellow.

Kelly Lytle Hernandez in Los Angeles Times: “Here’s the complete list of virtual panels for the 2021 Festival of Books”

April 23rd at 1 p.m.: Gustavo Arellano in conversation with California MacArthur Fellows Gustavo Arellano, Times California columnist and host of an upcoming daily news podcast from The Times, will chat with recent MacArthur fellows Natalia Molina (2020) and Kelly Lytle Hernandez (2019) for a discussion about the historical roots of our immigration policy and the evolution…

David Hayes-Bautista in USA Today: “California Latinos ‘Multiple’ Times More Likely to die Than Whites”

“What was astounding was that in every age group, the Latino death rate was multiple times higher than white – multiple,” said Dr. David Hayes-Bautista. “Given that we see basically on both ends of the country – California and New York – fairly similar patterns, I would right now be very comfortable generalizing it out to…

Read More | April 9, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Cecilia Menjívar in Mother Jones: “What We Should Talk About When We Talk About Root Causes of Migration”

Cecilia Menjívar, a professor of sociology at UCLA points out that the conversation around “root causes of migration” often ignores the key role the United States has historically played in creating and perpetuating some of these very drivers of migration it now is attempting to mitigate. “You can’t leave that part out,” she says.

Read More | April 9, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Will Arizona follow Georgia on voting restrictions‪?‬

“All of these voter suppression bills are coming at a time, and in jurisdictions, where we saw growth in the electorate, particularly amongst Latino voters,” says Sonja Diaz.

Read More | April 9, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

California Latinos of all age groups ‘multiple’ times more likely to die from COVID-19 than whites, UCLA study finds

“What was astounding was that in every age group, the Latino death rate was multiple times higher than white – multiple,” said David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA professor of public health and medicine and lead author of the study. The death disparities, he said, have “shown a glaring spotlight” on a long history of barriers to health care.

Read More | April 9, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

These ‘political orphans’ deserve help

Cecilia Menjivar of UCLA says, “It amounts to a social death in many ways” on the precarious immigration status of many TPS recipients.

Read More | April 9, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Demography & Population Studies

These California Latinos didn’t grow up speaking Spanish. Here’s why

“The vast majority of California’s bilingual programs were gutted. That whole generation had minimal, fig-leaf bilingual education,” said Otto Santa Ana, a professor emeritus of Chicano/a studies at UCLA.

Latino Newscast: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Would Help Economic Recovery + Labor Law Protects You Against Retaliation for Immigration Status, California Commissioner Says.

LPPI’s Research Director, Rodrigo Domínguez Villegas shares the results of a recent LPPI study that provides figures on how the legalization of the 11 million undocumented immigrants could help the economic recovery of the country.

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

COVID-19: Latinos in San Luis Obispo County are Twice as Likely to get COVID as Others

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, discusses why Latinos in San Luis Obispo County are twice as likely to get COVID as other ethnic groups. “Latinos have the highest labor force participation of any group and large, big supportive families, but crammed into very small households,”…

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

COVID-19: Mortality Among Latinos Higher Than Non-Hispanic Whites

KVEA-TV (March 29, Telemundo affiliate, Los Angeles) interviewed Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about the pandemic’s impact on Latino Californians, and the risks posed during the upcoming spring break. “After a year in lockdown, the temptation to party during spring break can be very hard to resist,”…

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Some say ‘the pandemic is over’ in California as crowds return. Experts are worried

“I know it’s been very lonely for a lot of folks. It’s been hard,” said Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, a distinguished professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. “So there’s a real temptation to bust loose just for one night because ‘it doesn’t matter.’ Well, it does matter.”

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

COVID-19: Latino Grandparents Eagerly Await Family Reunions

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, speaks about the emotional and psychological impact of the pandemic on Latino families. “Latinos are more affected by the distance from our loved ones because we have a greater tendency than Anglos to be social, and when those ties are broken,…

Read More | April 7, 2021

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