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Committee for Greater LA Exposes Structural Racism

Gary Segura, Dean, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, is an Academic Partner with The Committee for Greater LA who are assembling new data and personal testimony to paint a clear picture of what structural racism looks like in the Los Angeles region.

Read More | July 13, 2020

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COVID-19 Morning Report

A new report out this week is urging states to make changes to their voting processes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The UCLA study recommends increasing access to the polls through a series of steps. UCLA Voting Rights Project legal fellow Sunni Waknin says people should be encouraged to vote by making absentee voting easier “But we also need to…

Read More | July 13, 2020

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Your Thursday Update: AdventHealth Moves to Phase Two Emergency, Coleman Prison Near the Villages Sees Spike in Cases, Florida Adds Nearly 9,000 New Cases, Campaign Aims to Boost Latino Voter Turnout, Parades and Character Meet-And-Greets Out at Disney

Among the suggestions: more polling sites, longer periods for early voting and a push to increase vote-by-mail. Sunni Waknin is the managing legal fellow with the UCLA Voting Rights Project.

Read More | July 13, 2020

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California’s Citizen Redistricting Commission is erasing Latinos. That’s unacceptable

A recent report by the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute shows that Latinos are chronically underrepresented in the redistricting process: from the number of applications we submit, to our eligibility, to the final slots provided for members of our community.

Read More | July 13, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Demography & Population Studies

How politics and race influence pandemic response

Gabe Sanchez, professor of political science and director of UNM’s Center for Social Policy, is part of an interdisciplinary research team looking at how the pandemic is impacting behaviors of the US population as a result of the pandemic. The team also consists of principal investigators from ASU – Edward Vargas; UCLA – Matt Barreto and…

Read More | July 13, 2020

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