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Election 2020: Advocates fight misinformation to get out the vote in rural Southern California

Up until the last few decades, “you had to go out of your way to learn about your right to vote if you were a farmworker or Spanish speaker anywhere in rural California,” said Matt Barreto, a professor at UCLA and co-founder of the polling firm Latino Decisions. “No one was affirmatively trying to incorporate you.”

Opinion: Our Research Shows How to Right the Injustices of COVID-19

One of the early stories that emerged from the nation’s first COVID-19 hotspot was on the disproportionate infection and fatality toll that low-income residents and communities of color faced given their role as essential, frontline workers.

The (In)visible Victims of Disaster

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) hosted a webinar that explored how undocumented immigrants are particularly vulnerable to disasters and require special consideration in emergency planning and relief efforts.

In pursuit of the Latino American dream

The late Dr. Leo Estrada was a UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute expert and Associate Professor of UCLA Urban Planning. Dr. Estrada talks about how the Latino population explosion occurred hand in hand with Orange county’s economic boom in a 1983 Los Angeles Times article.

COVID-19 Deaths skew younger among minorities

The Wall Street Journal interviewed David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and LPPI expert, on why mortality findings are skewing younger for many minorities. “Latinos tend to be very, very poorly connected to the formal medical and public-health infrastructure,” Hayes-Bautista said. The story also ran on MSN, and Hayes-Bautista was interviewed…

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