A UCLA study published Monday underscores that Blacks and Latinos living in Los Angeles — as well as New York — are roughly twice as likely as white residents to die from COVID-19 and calls for more protections for essential workers and expanded economic assistance for high-poverty communities. Neighborhoods with high poverty rates in both…
Read More | August 2, 2020
A study published today by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that Latino and Black residents of Los Angeles County and New York City are roughly twice as likely as white residents to die from COVID-19.
“Latino support for Trump was already at record lows,” Gary Segura, dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and co-founder of the Latino Decisions polling firm, told the New York daily. Segura hinted that the backing cannot go much lower .
The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative hosted a webinar moderated by Politico reporter Laura Barrón-López to discuss how Black and brown communities can work together to build pipelines to political offices for prospective Black and brown leaders and become a part of advocacy efforts.
“Latino support for Trump was already at historic lows,” Gary Segura, dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at U.C.L.A. and co-founder of the polling firm Latino Decisions, told me. “There’s just not that much room for them to move down.”
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