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Ayala: Biden s census pick a statistician with a social justice heart FacebookTwitterEmail If confirmed, Rob Santos will be the first person of color to lead the Census Bureau.Errich Petersen /Associated Press Author John Phillip Santos, the first Mexican American Rhodes scholar, has written about his magical, haunting family saga and about the big brood of first cousins who grew up “like brothers and sisters” in San Antonio. On Friday, he recalled a scene from his memoir, “Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award. It took place on a family ranch in Pleasanton and zeroed-in on a ....
Commentary: Latinos will pay for governors errors Rogelio Sáenz, For the Express-News March 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Nobody can accuse Gov. Greg Abbott of being overprotective of Texans. A few weeks ago, his penchant for skimping and deregulation caused the Texas grid to collapse when a snowstorm swept through the state, wreaking havoc for a week. Last week, Abbott announced his decision to open up the state for business “100 percent” and do away with the mask mandate in the midst of the pandemic. He has gotten a lot of flak for his rash and politically motivated decision. Public health experts have warned Abbott’s ruling will result in climbing COVID-19 infections and deaths. President Joe Biden weighed in, describing Abbott’s and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves’ decisions as “Neanderthal thinking.” Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman took exception to Biden’s sting, characterizing it as unfair to Neanderthals. ....
Herrera died Jan. 14 after contracting the virus in December, according to his niece Jessica Salas. “He was 47, so I think it was really young,” Salas said. “His life was cut really short.” The husband and father of three is now part of a troubling statistic in Texas. “The latest data they were still showing Latinos were dying about 3.5 times higher rates than the white population,” said Ph.D., professor of demography at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Rogelio Saenz. Saenz found on average, a Latino dying of COVID-19 in the state had 20 years life-expectancy left. The coronavirus, he says, is claiming the lives of more working-aged Latinos than other groups. ....
COVID’s ‘untold story’: Texas Blacks and Latinos are dying in the prime of their lives The deaths have sweeping implications for Texas’ economy, for its higher education system and for a rapidly unfolding mental health crisis Since his mother, Cecilia, and his fiancee, Blanca Leon (in framed photo), died of COVID-19, Claudio Sanchez has been caring for his and Blanca s sons Jose Ortiz, 14, Daniel Sanchez, 6, Claudio s sister, Celeste, 18, and three cousins who had lived with his mother and aunt: Elijah Sanchez, 7, Izaeyah Burkley, 8, and Aaliyah Sanchez, 9.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer) Claudio Sanchez is facing his first Christmas without his fiancée, Blanca Leon; his mother, Cecilia; and Blanca’s father, Jose. All three died of COVID-19. ....