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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

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Fresh wave of bills would curb voting nationwide as Georgia law keeps drawing fire

If Congress deadlocks on its bill, the future of voting rights will be fought entirely in state capitals. Fearing that outcome, the UCLA Voting Rights Project this week released model legislation for progressive lawmakers to propose to bolster access to the ballot.

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Trump’s Latino Support Was More Widespread Than Thought, Report Finds

All told, close to 17 million Latino voters turned out in the general election, according to a separate analysis published in January by the U.C.L.A. Latino Policy & Politics Institute. That represented an uptick of more than 30 percent from 2016 — and the highest level of Latino participation in history.

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Arts & Culture

Her crazy driving is a key element of Cruella de Vil’s evil. Here’s why.

UCLA LPPI Expert Dr. Genevieve Carpio writes an opinion piece in The Washington Post describing the history of the Crazy Woman Driver trope. Dr. Carpio explains how it serves to undermine women’s push for social and political equality, shining a light on Latina drivers cast as deviant.

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Now rescinded, Trump-era ‘public charge’ policy may still harm immigrants’ health

“The pandemic has revealed that our collective public health is dependent on robust access to quality care, especially for our nation’s most vulnerable and diverse immigrant communities who are on the front lines of COVID-19,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute. “Yet the motivation behind the Trump administration’s public charge…

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Their Lawsuit Prevented 400,000 Deportations. Now It’s Biden’s Call.

In a 2006 paper about the “liminal legality” of T.P.S. holders, the U.C.L.A. sociologist Cecilia Menjívar explains that “the process itself is fraught with anxiety — especially around expiration and renewal time — because any wrong step, missed deadline, lack of information or an error on a form may result in denial and deportation.”

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Extra Edition – Repeat – “Language in the Trump Era.” Also, Covid Ravaging Latinos.

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista appears on an episode of Radio Bilingue where he discusses the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on the Latino community.

The New Swing Vote: How the Democratic party keeps getting Latino voters wrong

A UCLA Latino Policy & politics initiative analysis published in January revealed that there was a voter increase of more than 30% from 2016 — the highest level of Latino participation in history.

Here’s the truth about the Latino electorate — and a wake-up call for Democrats

According to Matt Barreto and Kevin Munoz, there was a shift among the electorate, where Trump made gains beyond the Latino/Hispanic electorate in Miami-Dade. Still, there is little mention of the fact that Democrats experienced a net increase in votes due to Puerto Rican turnout in Central Florida.

Democrats still searching for answers on Trump’s appeal to Latinos in 2020 election

Nearly 17 million Latinos voted in the 2020 general election, a more than 30% increase compared to 2016, according to UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute data cited by The New York Times (Also: Yahoo! News).

In California, a million English learners are at risk of intractable education loss

“All along we have argued that English learners need additional time under normal circumstances, because they’re being asked to do much more than the typical kid who speaks English. They’re chronically short on instructional time, and this has exacerbated this so much that I worry … that they’re so far behind and they can’t catch…

Biden’s New Infrastructure Might Begin To Dismantle Racist Urban Planning

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with UCLA historian Eric Avila about the impact of Biden’s infrastructure plan on racist urban planning and how systemic racism has shaped America’s urban development.

California Forum letters: Sacramento Bee readers weigh in on Latino voter turnout, Placer restaurants

“Research on Latino voters in the presidential election found a 30.9% increase in ballots cast between 2020 and 2016; almost double the nationwide growth of 15.9%. Across the nation in Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, and California, Latino voters made a difference… The electoral voice of California’s plurality population, Latinos and fastest growing demographic, Asian Americans,…

Read More | March 29, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Citizenship for unauthorized immigrants could add $1.5 trillion to economy over next 10 years

A UCLA study published today found that providing citizenship to all unauthorized immigrant workers in the United States would add at least $1.5 trillion to the American economy and $367 billion in federal and state tax revenue over the next decade. “As the Biden administration and congressional leaders consider how to move forward with immigration…

Read More | March 29, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

As Lawmakers Eye Election Changes, Voter Education Will Remain a Strategic Priority

The UCLA Voting Rights Project, which advocates for equitable access to voting, is planning to unveil a model code for state voting rights acts by the end of the month. “We’re giving voters an opportunity to really validate their rights in multiple arenas,” said Sonni Waknin, the project’s managing attorney and voting rights counsel. Pollster…

Read More | March 29, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Gov. Newsom picks Oakland Assemblyman Rob Bonta as new Attorney General

“I applaud Governor Gavin Newsom for making California a model for the country in how to rectify the willful neglect of growing and youthful communities of color who are left out of key decision-making positions across our most fundamental institutions by sending the first Filipino to lead the nation’s second largest Department of Justice,” said…

Read More | March 29, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

JUSTICE REFORM IN LA: On the Cusp

“Data on racial inequality and the legacy of structural racism that is foundational to hyper-incarceration of Black and Brown men and women are legion. Moreover, the stories of so many African American families negatively impacted by the justice system animate the data and research, making the numbers more compelling.” Kelly Lytle Hernandez is a professor…

Read More | March 29, 2021

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