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But other reforms, such as re-organizing the nation's Covid-19 response, continuing the freeze on student loan payments, criminal justice reform, a moratorium on evictions, expanding access to health care and higher education, and climate change, though not specifically targeted to Latinos, can have greater impact. While many Latinos are passionate about immigration reform, it is clear that issues that affect the broader population can be even more important. Only 34% of Latinos in the US are foreign born but are significantly plagued by wealth inequality, lack of access to quality health care and the fallout from mass incarceration. … [Read more...] about What Latinos want to hear from Biden

The pandemic, and the public’s dissatisfaction with the district’s response to it, has already had a noticeable impact on its student population, especially at the elementary level, where enrollment was down almost 8 percent this year, according to figures filed with the state this fall. The number of kindergartners declined by 25 percent. Since those October numbers were reported, Maini said, she has heard of additional parents pulling children and putting them into private school, or leaving the education system entirely for some form of podding or homeschooling. Some families are selling their houses, taking advantage of a market inflated by wealthy families fleeing New York, and moving to places that have in-person school. No one yet knows whether the newcomers will enroll their kids in public school. “I feel very strongly that the more this goes on, the more the continuing erosion of public education will happen,” Maini said, exacerbating a trend that was … [Read more...] about ‘I Want to Meet My Teacher’

“There are millions of [illegal] immigrants living in this country … [who] are not going out and shopping,” because of Trump’s enforcement policies, said Robert Kaplan, the head of the Federal Reserve of Dallas, and a voting member of the Federal Reserve which regulates the economy by adjusting interest rates. “They are staying home,” Kaplan complained during a May 31 presentation at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. “They’re afraid if they go out they may not come home.” … [Read more...] about Tinder, Grindr Want More Customers, Urge ‘Dreamer’ Amnesty

Orange County officials say there are currently about 66,000 vaccine doses on hand, but there are about 600,000 people who fall into the Tier 1A — that’s health care workers and people 65 and older who are eligible for the shot at the moment. … [Read more...] about Orange County Vaccination Site Opens At Soka University In Aliso Viejo

"’I’m not disappointed in that I didn’t win," Kang said. "It’s not about winning and losing for me. It’s about being able to execute when I want to –- and having a feeling when I feel like I can’t do something is something I don’t like." … [Read more...] about Jessica Korda rallies to beat Kang in playoff at LPGA opener