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Coronavirus: They ask the governor of California that the Latino community be vaccinated as soon as possible

Professors from the University of California in Los Angeles sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom calling for action for authorities to increase the investment of resources and information necessary for vaccines to reach Latinos, because “we know they are not getting equitable access,” assures Rodrigo Domínguez-Villegas. “The letter is a call to action for…

Latino leaders demand COVID-19 vaccine access be equitable especially in vulnerable communities

UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Institute, along with a group of nearly 70 Latino leaders, sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, imploring the implementation of measures, since the Latino population is at a disadvantage when it comes to receiving the vaccine.

Even with Biden stimulus, US minority entrepreneurs fear for survival

Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, a co-author of the study, said minority-owned businesses tended not to have relationships with banks or lacked experience with such massive government programs, meaning by the time they applied for the PPP, the funds were depleted. “All those things combined meant that minority-owned businesses had less access to the loans, and it ended…

Iconic Mexican Music Stars Back Immigration Reform

A poll by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute reports that a record number of 16.7 million Latinos voted in 2020, increasing almost by one-third compared to the 2016 election.

How do you map the cost of mass incarceration in LA?

“We calculate how much is being spent to incarcerate residents of Los Angeles in a local jail system by neighborhood, and every neighborhood where we’re spending more than $1 million per year locking up residents,” says Kelly Lytle Hernández. “That’s a million dollar hood.”

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