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Race in America: A Candid Conversation

NBC Sports primetime broadcast special series “Race in America: A Candid Conversation,” which is focusing on the Latino community during Hispanic Heritage Month. UCLA LPPI expert Laura Gomez joined the show virtually for a 30-minute conversation about current relevant topics.

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

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“Because of COVID-19 and people being conscious about interacting with others, companies have started accelerating the replacement of people with machines,” says UCLA LPPI Research Director, Rodrigo Dominguez, on the impact of COVID-19 and Latinos.

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News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

An innovative data storytelling project reveals the dirty secrets of LA policing

Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s work sheds new light on this moment in which the nation is confronting racism embedded in policing, mass incarceration, health and other systems. Through Million Dollar Hoods, an innovative data and storytelling project based on police booking reports, Hernandez and her team revealed that Los Angeles residents were most often arrested for…

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Diversity & Inclusion

We see you: New department name uplifts Central Americans

“We need to lead the way nationally. And hopefully through that effort, we will open bridges and spaces where we learn more about each other,” said Leisy Abrego, the new department chair of the UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano and Central American Studies and a UCLA LPPI expert. Abrego is a…

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Here’s What To Know About Voter Suppression Before The Election, According To Experts

“It’s not that young people are indifferent or inattentive to an election — they are purposefully excluded, not only through voter suppression but through the ways that our political systems operate,” explains Sonja Diaz, the founding executive director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Read More | October 19, 2020

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