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LPPI expert David Hayes-Bautista describes Latinos during the COVID-19 pandemic as, “Feeding the nation and subject to deportation”.

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

UCLA Study Finds Stimulus Package Widened Racial Economic Inequality

A new study published by the Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that neighborhoods in California whose populations are majority Black, Latino or Asian benefitted less than White neighborhoods from the $500 billion in forgivable loans distributed nationwide through the Paycheck Protection Program amid the pandemic.

Read More | December 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Communities of Color Delivered for Democrats, It’s Time That Democrats Deliver for Them

“Now it’s time for Democrats to deliver for these communities’ future by ensuring voters of color and their needs are front and center in the Georgia runoff,” write Diaz and Gonzalez.

Read More | December 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Substantive representation requires Black and Brown leaders

“We look forward to the time when it will no longer be historic or breaking news to name the ‘first’ for any substantive office because our preeminent political posts will start to reflect the new majority. Now the attention on California must shift to Georgia and then to Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania so that … Continued

Read More | December 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Arts & Culture

A National Museum for Latinos

A 2018 study by U.C.L.A.’s Latino Policy & Politics Institute found that the Smithsonian’s Latinx work force failed to keep pace with the growth of the Latinx population, which had doubled to almost 18 percent of the total population since the first report was issued. The 2018 report also found that Latinx people are still … Continued

Read More | December 28, 2020

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National law group honors UCLA law professor, Albuquerque native

On Feb. 16th, Laura E. Gómez will be formally honored with the 2021 Outstanding Scholar Award from the American Bar Foundation, which is the research arm of the American Bar Association. The foundation, she said, “is one of the major entities that produces research on socio-legal topics, which is really trying to understand law in … Continued

Read More | December 28, 2020

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