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Diaz on Trump’s Speech, COVID-19 and Racial Justice

“Sonja Diaz, executive director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA Luskin, provided live commentary on the Republican National Convention as a political analyst on KTLA News. On the convention’s final night, Diaz noted that President Trump’s speech did not meaningfully address two issues important to Americans: the COVID-19 crisis and nationwide calls for racial justice.”

Black Lives Matter goes big on policy agenda

“During a virtual panel hosted by UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute in July, CBC Chair Karen Bass told POLITICO that elements of the BREATHE Act are already in existing legislation. However, parts of the sweeping proposal, she said, are ‘more challenging.’”

New Report Reveals Inconsistent Racial/Ethnic Data Categories at State-Level Youth Justice Agencies, Minimizing Latinx Youth Within the Justice System

On Tuesday, August 25, Alianza for Youth Justice and the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute are releasing a new “Call to Action” report detailing The Latinx Data Gap in the Youth Justice System. The report shows that inconsistent data collection methods complicate race and ethnicity tracking across different stages in the youth justice system.

Biden pledge on police immigration contacts would largely make US a sanctuary country

Amada Armenta, who teaches urban planning at UCLA, went on ride-alongs with police in Tennessee during the street-enforcement phase of 287(g), and later wrote a book about it. She said most of the immigrants officers held for deportation were stopped for driving without a license.

Commentary: Can L.A. escape the cage of ‘Chinatown’?

That’s why, for L.A., achieving true justice will require not just transforming systems but also forging a new identity, free of the powerlessness embodied in “Chinatown.” And the best attempt at a new narrative comes from the best L.A. book of the 21st century, “City of Inmates,” by UCLA historian Kelly Lytle Hernandez.

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