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Latino leaders nominate 5 East LA movies for the National Film Registry

Chon Noriega, director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, says that some Chicano directors who focused on gang stories “were looking toward works like the Oscar-winning The Godfather as a model for bringing their stories into the mainstream” and should not be accused of exploitation.

Isabel Guzman is officially confirmed to lead the Small Business Administration

According to a UCLA LPPI Study, since June 2020, Black men have experienced the highest unemployment rate of any demographic group. In Feb. 2021, the category remained the highest at 10.2%, almost double that of white men (5.3%). Black women experienced the second highest unemployment rate, at 8.9%. This is just one state.

In likely California recall, energizing Latino voters is key

One of Soto’s guests, Matt Barreto, politics professor at UCLA and founder of the polling firm LD Insights, which helps elect Democratic candidates, peeled the polling data like an onion to explain why Trump did better than many had expected. “I think sometimes we see that very high level of support of the immigrant experience…

Arturo Vargas Bustamante in The Sacramento Bee: “COVID-19: California to Expand Vaccine Eligibility to all Adults in April”

Read Publication Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management, discusses Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement that California will open the vaccination campaign to all adults in April. “The state government is facing a trade-off between the speed of vaccination and trying to be as fair as…

Statement From UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute on New California Attorney General Appointment

Sonja Diaz, Founding Director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s appointment of Assemblymember Rob Bonta to serve as California’s next Attorney General.

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