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The UCLA Voting Rights Project is a project of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs aimed at creating an accessible and equitable system of voting for all Americans through impact litigation, research, and clinical education to expand access to the ballot box.

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News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

California is short on Spanish-speaking physicians. Why that’s a big problem in a pandemic

“You can’t plant strawberries in your front room. You can’t stay at home and be a farmworker. Hence, because they’re more exposed, they’re more likely to become infected,” said Dr. David E. Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA. “Now, at that point, the Latino doctor shortage…

Read More | December 28, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Demography & Population Studies

Gov. Newsom challenged to address Senate’s lack of diversity

“It’s a false choice and it’s not good for democracy, and it masks the historical exclusion of both communities in the Senate,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA (Also: MSN News, Yahoo News, The Fresno Bee, The Washington Post, and Associated Press).

Read More | December 28, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Supreme Court’s dismissal of Trump census challenge angers advocates: ‘This is outrageous’

UCLA law professor Laura E. Gómez said the Court’s dismissal on a lawsuit surrounding the Trump administration’s attempt to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the once-in-a-decade census count should be considered a victory for California. “It is, I think, the best outcome that was possible … given the conservative majority on the Court,” Gómez said.

Read More | December 28, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

Equations For Liberation, A Conversation With Kelly Lytle Hernandez

LPPI expert Kelly Lytle Hernandez appears on Latino USA to discuss her research and how her work illuminates the connections between immigration detention, mass incarceration, reparations, and abolition. “I see incredible movement within the movement for Black Lives… and incredible capacity to think about all of the structures of racialized harm that run from our…

Read More | December 28, 2020

Press Release & Media Advisory → Democracy & Voting Rights

Statement From UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute on the Appointment of Alex Padilla to the United States Senate

Statement from Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute on Governor Gavin Newsom’s nomination of California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to the United States Senate:

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