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The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) mourns Dolores Huerta’s passing. Her leadership raised the standard of living for farmworkers across California and redefined what it meant to be a woman in power. At a time when women, especially Chicanas, were expected to remain on the sidelines, Huerta was on the front lines of…
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![[Photo] Gabriella Carmona, LPPI senior research analyst [Quote] "When a fifth of the population is contributing so much to the economy but can't fully translate that into wealth, that's a structural inefficiency that affects growth, stability, and opportunity for the country. And more importantly, it challenges the idea of the American Dream that hard work alone leads to mobility."](https://latino.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Charlita-Latino-Wealth-Gap-300x169.png)
