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Latina Equal Pay Day

Sonja Diaz, the Executive Director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, joins Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez at a Press Conference on Latina Initiative on Latina Equal Pay Day. Sonja Diaz discusses barriers and opportunities for Latinas at the ballot box.

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

UPDATE 4-Trump, Biden home in on a critical battleground of Florida

“We are 100% on track to match or exceed the Obama Latino vote numbers in 2012,” says Matt Barreto on a media conference call organized by the Biden campaign.

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Health

California’s Latinos Grapple With COVID, And Extraordinary Grief

University of California, Los Angeles researcher David Hayes-Bautista says the lack of coverage prevents many Latinos from seeking out medical care until their conditions have progressed to a dangerous point. “Latinos were coming in, way advanced cases, into the ER,” he said.

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Diversity & Inclusion

In campaign’s waning days, both candidates seek to shore up support from Latino voters

“We’ve seen again and again that voters of color are second-tier in the minds of political strategists who favor persuading likely voters. There is not sound data on these voters, making them more costly in the eyes of political operatives,” said Sonja Diaz, the Executive Director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. “It’s a…

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Trump campaign makes play for Latino voters in Pennsylvania

Latinos make up 4.4 percent of Pennsylvania voters, according to an analysis conducted by Rodrigo Dominguez Villegas, the research director at UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute, and they’re a little over 7 percent of Pennsylvania’s total population. It’s a substantial enough voting bloc to swing a race that could come down to the wire after…

Read More | October 30, 2020

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