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Joe Biden won more than 75 percent of votes in Philadelphia County’s precincts with high concentrations of Latinos, according to the University of California’s Latino Policy & Politics Initiative.

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Kassandra Hernández & Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas in Telemundo 52: “Scars of the coronavirus: how the pandemic truncated the dreams of many Latinas”

On COVID’s impact on Latinas, LPPI’s Kassandra Hernández says, “2.4 million Latinas were unemployed in April 2020. Latinas experienced the highest unemployment rate.” “Latinas are overrepresented in sectors hardest hit by the pandemic,” says Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas.

Read More | May 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Kassandra Hernández & Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas in Telemundo 52: “Cicatrices del COVID-19: cómo la pandemia truncó los sueños de muchas latinas” (Spanish)

On COVID’s impact on Latinas, LPPI’s Kassandra Hernández says, “2.4 million Latinas were unemployed in April 2020. Latinas experienced the highest unemployment rate.” “Latinas are overrepresented in sectors hardest hit by the pandemic,” says Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas.

Read More | May 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Demography & Population Studies

Eric Avila in WWNO Public Radio: “Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership”

At the time, highway planners used the language of science to justify building freeways through communities of color, says Eric Avila, a professor of urban studies at UCLA. “They presented a kind of dizzying array of charts and graphs to insist that this was the most economically efficient route for this particular freeway. They denied … Continued

Read More | May 8, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Sonni Waknin in Tri-City Herald: “Franklin commissioners move forward with redistricting despite voting rights lawsuit”

An attorney with the voting rights group said the county will not be able to make any changes to the boundaries without court approval. “The Washington Voting Rights Act requires Franklin County to obtain our client’s approval and court approval for any changes to the election system now,” said Sonni Waknin with the UCLA Voting … Continued

Read More | May 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) in Valley Voice: “A California answer to Covid-19’s devastating toll on black and Latino Americans”

For example, researchers from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) reported in 2018 that the scarcity of Latino physicians in California has led to a deficit of 54,655 Latino physicians required to achieve parity with non-Latino White physicians.

Read More | May 7, 2021

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