Press Archive

Policy Briefing & Webinar → Mobility & Opportunity

Together We Rise: Building Black and Brown Political Power

A conversation with national political leaders on the future of Black and Latino social movements, intersectional politics.

Defund—and Disarm—the Police

Defunding the police and re-imagining public safety—in Los Angeles—starts with the LAPD, but includes the sheriffs, the school police, and the UCLA police force. Kelly Lytle Hernandez comments—she’s a professor of history at UCLA, she wrote City of Inmates, a history of the LA jails, and she’s the recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant.

Read More | July 13, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Civil Rights

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

News Articles & Media Coverage → Civil Rights

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

News Articles & Media Coverage → Civil Rights

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

Pages: 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236

Press Archive

Work

Issues

Resource

Experts

Join us in expanding opportunity for
all Americans