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Racial Fault Lines and the Coronavirus

“immigration control and mass incarceration emerged as the systems of social control that frame alienated citizens and criminalized immigrants as a racialized caste of outsiders in the United States today,” says LPPI expert Kelly Lytle Hernandez about the prison system in the US.

Read More | May 29, 2020

Press Release & Media Advisory → Democracy & Voting Rights

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute Report on the Impact of Latinos and Asian Americans on Super TuesdayLatino and Asian American Voter Turnout and Candidate Preference will Largely Determine the Democratic Primary Campaign

The following press release summarizes the key findings found in a recent report by LPPI, “The Power of the New Majority: A 10 State Analysis of Voters of Color in the 2020 Election,” and the impact that voters of color will have in the upcoming 2020 elections. 10 State Analysis Press Release

Read More | May 29, 2020

Press Release & Media Advisory → Democracy & Voting Rights

UCLA Voting Rights Project Urges Congress and States to Consider aUniversal Vote by Mail Program Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The UCLA Voting Rights Project released a report urging elected officials to implement a universal vote-by-mail program for voters planning to participate in the upcoming elections, this press release summarizes the recommendations made in the report. UCLA VRP Vote by Mail