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SPACs could fuel next round of digital media wars

“A lot of the gains made by minority businesses have been outside of the regulatory sphere, meaning that they’ve been able to do this because of personal connections, community connections. They’re under-financed and under-banked. So if we think about policy interventions, we know that tailoring and centering them on the needs of women and minority…

Federal stimulus assistance has widened disparities between whites and minorities

“Communities are being unfairly left behind at a time when the pandemic has revealed serious inequalities that need to be urgently tackled,” said Rodrigo Domínguez-Villegas, director of research at the Latino Policy and Politics Institute and a co-author of the report. “Federal policy should not contribute to worsening income inequality, and future stimulus efforts must fix the…

Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott Reply Press Release

Our goal is to ensure that all voters in Texas can have access to mail ballots regardless of their age.

Professors 101: Juan Herrera builds on personal experiences to inspire students

“I really wanted to learn about my home country of Guatemala but I found that most of the classes that were on Latin America were either about Brazil or Mexico or the big countries,” said Juan Herrera. “Research became a way for me to find out more about myself. It was kind of like doing autobiography work.”

Film Festival Honors Build Momentum for “Truly Texas Mexican”

Los Angeles author and film critic, Chon Noriega who is also the Director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, says “The film is very soulful–the kind of story missing from all the cooking documentaries and series out there, except for the occasional Latino segment from Anthony Bourdain, RIP.”

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