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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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Inside the battle to mobilize Latino voters amid pandemic, protests

Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute, said that the Democratic primaries showed there were innovative ways to go after the Latino vote; she noted the substantive platforms of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders as well as the only Latino presidential candidate, Julián Castro.

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

In California, language and polling place changes create voting obstacles

“California is, in many ways, a leader in ensuring equitable voter access,” said Natalie Masuoka, a political science and Asian American studies professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Unlike some states, California doesn’t require voters to show identification to cast a ballot, and people can register to vote on Election Day. Voters also don’t…

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

A reading list for the 2020 presidential election, from the New York Public Library

Latino America: How America’s Most Dynamic Population Is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation by Matt Barreto and Gary M. Segura was included as one of the top books in the 2020 election reading list.

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Jobs & Labor

UCLA Study Says Job Automation Will Disproportionately Affect Latinos

“As Latinos take a disproportionate financial hit from the COVID-19 crisis, now is a good time to focus on increasing training opportunities and to strengthen the social safety net to catch workers who are left behind,” said Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, the report’s author and director of research at the Latino policy and politics initiative. “Millions of…

Read More | October 19, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Diversity & Inclusion

A 911 caller said a Latino man was kidnapping a white child. The toddler was his grandson

“While oftentimes we argue that the United States is quote-unquote ‘post-racial,’ we see a lot of incidents such as this one in Torrance, where we can see how race is still really a fundamental feature that we use when we interact with one another,” said Natalie Masuoka, an associate professor of political science and Asian…

Read More | October 19, 2020

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