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Trump’s Attack on an Accurate Census Is Another Example of Contemporary Voter Suppression

With so much at stake in this critical election year, Congress must act now to protect the integrity of the census and ensure fair representation for all.

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute Issues Agenda to Improve Lives

“Latinos are serving as frontline, essential workers. They pick our harvest, cook our meals, staff our grocery stores, all while suffering high rates of coronavirus infections and economic degradation for keeping this country safe,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of UCLA LPPI.

Read More | August 2, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

How Trump’s Use of Federal Forces in Cities Differs From Past Presidents

“The through line here is not the protection of federal property,” said Kelly Lytle Hernandez, a historian at U.C.L.A. “It’s the effort to suppress the uprising for Black life. That sounds pretty familiar. That sounds pretty late 19th century.”

Read More | August 2, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

Sacramento Report: Ethnic Studies Dispute Pits CSU Against Lawmakers

The COVID-19 pandemic and recent racial justice movement have exacerbated systemic inequities, demonstrating the need for a policy agenda that focuses on issues impacting Latinos and other communities of color, said Sonja Diaz, the founding executive director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute.

Read More | August 2, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

A Black Trans Sex Worker Died After Paramedics Failed To Take Her To The Hospital

For Monocuco, that marginalization was deadly. “It was already a death sentence from even this moment many years ago when Alejandra was crying out against police brutality in her life,” said Amy Ritterbusch, who interviewed Monocuco in 2014 along with Salamanca, and is now an assistant professor in the Department of Social Welfare at UCLA.

Read More | August 2, 2020

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