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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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Benefits, harm of school police the focus of state task force hearing

UCLA history professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez, director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, said that school police have a long history of singling out Black youth and that more training will not improve the underlying problem.

Read More | July 6, 2020

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Amid protests and a pandemic, what does it mean to be American in 2020?

“White Americans have defined the nation, its norms, what it means to be an American for decades. That means that, by definition, some individuals … have been on the outs,” said Efrén Pérez, a professor of political science and psychology at UCLA.

Read More | July 6, 2020

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‘People of color’ are protesting. Here’s what you need to know about this new identity.

UCLA LPPI expert, Efren Perez, writes an op-ed on people of color protesting in today’s time. “But the many Latinos, Asian Americans and other nonwhites standing behind African Americans today are there in genuine support of their cause as “people of color.” They all have skin in today’s game of racial politics.”

Read More | July 6, 2020

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Latinos Back Black Lives Matter Protests. They Want Change for Themselves, Too.

“Many Latino youth, they are making the connection, they are pressing their families to have difficult conversations,” said Chris Zepeda-Millán, a professor of Chicano studies and public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Read More | July 6, 2020

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New reports assess mail-in voter fraud and propose election changes in NM

The report is part of ongoing advocacy by the UCLA Voting Rights Project, an effort led by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. The Project is pushing for the implementation of universal vote-by-mail for the November general election during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read More | July 6, 2020

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