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Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) in Times Telegraph: “Stimulus payments, public benefits push NY personal income past pre-pandemic level”

Latinas have left the workforce in droves as a result of the pandemic. A report by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that Latinas have the highest rates of unemployment and workforce departure of any demographic in the U.S.

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante in News Wise: “Aging U.S. Immigrant Population Poses Challenges to State Health Care Systems”

A team led by Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and director of faculty research at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI), has found the United States faces a potential crisis in terms of health care for documented and undocumented immigrants.

Chad Dunn in The New York Times: “Democrats Brace for a Narrower Path to Challenge New Voting Laws”

But voting rights experts noted that the court’s decision on Thursday did not invalidate or significantly hollow out Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. “I do think the test will work to stop a lot of discriminatory electoral practices,” said Chad Dunn, the co-founder of the Voting Rights Project at the University of California,…

Chad Dunn in Essence: “Supreme Court Upholds Arizona’s Restrictive Voting Laws”

Chad Dunn, co-founder and legal director of the UCLA Voting Rights Project, told NBC News that some Republican-controlled legislatures will see the Court’s ruling as a means of restricting voters of color. “They’re going to see that if we call it voter fraud, then we can do whatever discriminatory practice we want,” he told the…

UCLA Voting Rights Project Issues Statement on Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Decision

In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee to uphold voting restrictions in Arizona, which could make it harder to challenge other voting laws moving forward and further weakens the Federal Voting Rights Act, Chad Dunn – co-founder and legal director of the UCLA Voting Rights Project, a flagship project of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute – issued the following statement.

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