The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) announced $200,000 in funding over one year from The California Endowment (TCE) on Friday, December 17, 2021. The grant will support education and awareness-building efforts around key social issues and their impact on Latinos and other communities of color to promote more equitable, data-driven policymaking.
Read More | December 17, 2021
On Wednesday the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute published a report that found that just 4% of op-eds published by the Los Angeles Times between January 2020 and May 2021 were written by Latinx authors. They also found that 95% of Times op-eds published during that period “made no explicit mention of Latinos or Latino communities.” Yikes.
Read More | December 16, 2021
Over a 17-month span that included a presidential election in which the Latino vote was critical and a burgeoning COVID-19 crisis that devastated the Latino community, just 4% of op-eds published by the Los Angeles Times featured Latino authors, according to a new report from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute.
Read More | December 15, 2021
Latinos are severely underrepresented in Los Angeles Times opinion pages. UCLA study says lack of inclusion leaves Latinos voiceless on crucial issues affecting their communities
Chad Dunn, the lead attorney with the UCLA Voting Rights Project, pointed out this is the second case to be tried under the 2018 state law. The first, in Yakima County, resulted in a settlement. The attorneys believed from early talks with the Franklin County’s attorneys the concerns could be resolved as quickly. They did not expect the protracted fight with the county that has involved the county taking back an initial settlement plan.
Read More | December 14, 2021
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