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Envisioning a new Voting Rights Act for the 21st century

Voting rights experts from around the country gathered at a UCLA conference hosted by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute’s Voting Rights Project to brainstorm ways to protect Americans’ access to the ballot box, even as votes cast in the 2020 election continued to be challenged in court.

Read More | December 18, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

A RIDE ALONG WITH A DELIVERY DRIVER WHO DELIVERS ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO SOUTH CENTRAL’S MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES

A report published in May by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that L.A. County neighborhoods facing the highest burdens of sheltering in place were concentrated to South L.A. “On average, neighborhoods most burdened by the mandated shelter-in-place policies have more Black and Latino residents,” stated the report.

Read More | December 18, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

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…

Read More | December 18, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

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…

Read More | December 18, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

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.

Read More | December 18, 2020

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