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Arturo Vargas Bustamante in The Sacramento Bee: “Will your family doctor start giving COVID vaccines? A new California effort encourages it”

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, a health policy and management associate professor at UCLA, also said the plan could help, but only as long as public vaccination sites remain open. Often, he said, vaccine events in the community attract those who are uninsured or might not have a way to get to a doctor’s appointment without a…

Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) in Ames Tribune: “Job growth, early retirement, career changes contribute to Story County worker shortage, Ames expert says”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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