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UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute Receives $3 Million in Ongoing State Funding to Support Data-Driven Research

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute has received $3 million in ongoing annual state funding to conduct research and develop policy solutions to address existing inequities that disproportionately impact Latinos and other communities of color.

Read More | July 13, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda in The Economist: “Citizenship for America’s 11m undocumented immigrants would boost the economy”

Granting citizenship, however, remains the most controversial of all policy options. A recent analysis by Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles argues that it should not be. Legal recognition of undocumented immigrants would provide a big boost for America’s economy as many would begin paying taxes for the first time.

Read More | July 13, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Diversity & Inclusion

Professor Efrén Pérez in MPR News: “BIPOC, Latinx, POC: How we do — and don’t — identify and why”

Efrén Pérez, Professor of Political Science and Psychology at UCLA, and director of its Race, Ethnicity, Politics, and Society experimental lab discusses with Angela Davis of MPR News on racial and ethnic identities.

Read More | July 13, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Jobs & Labor

Kassandra Hernandez in Cal Matters: “Investing in Latinas is investing in the future”

Kassandra Hernandez, LPPI Research Analyst, discusses that comprehensive social policies are essential for the women and children most affected by inequity but least represented in government relief and recovery efforts.

Read More | July 13, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Diversity & Inclusion

Eric Avila in the Los Angeles Times: “‘We need to fix this city’: Post-Garcetti Los Angeles at a crossroads”

Before the future of Los Angeles can be imagined, Eric Avila, an urban cultural historian at UCLA, argues for a better understanding of the habits and biases of the past. Los Angeles, he said, needs to let go of its old identity and see itself as a city, not as a disparate collection of neighborhoods,…

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