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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.

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