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UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute is committed to shaping a new narrative so that Latinos are meaningfully considered in all policymaking conversations.
Sonja Diazย andย Laura Martinezย of theย UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Instituteย wrote an opinion piece on the importance of protecting the most vulnerable population from the COVID-19 pandemic.ย
Read More | September 8, 2020
โWhen it comes down to the constitutional rights of voters during a presidential election, I don’t think anyone is surprised that the parties are going to press the case as long as needed to get finality,โ saidย Chad Dunn, Texas Democratic Party general counsel.
At Mondayโs hearing,ย Chad Dunn, representing the Texas Democratic Party, told the court that the Texas mail-in voting law violates the 26th Amendment, which says the right to vote canโt be โdenied or abridgedโ on account of age.
“Forty-five of the other states do this,”ย Chad Dunnย argued. “At the end of day, this case is about a fair electoral system where nobody has to go through additional burdens in order to vote.”
In addition to Sorin, DRIVING WHILE BLACK includes interviews with African Americans sharing their personal stories, along with some of the country’s leading historians, authors and journalists, including:ย Eric Avilaย (Professor of History, UCLA).
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