A new report authored by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation and Center for Neighborhood Knowledge measures the extent of utility debt accumulation among customers served by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Disparities in unpaid bills predate COVID-19 but have deepened since the pandemic’s outbreak. Using data from a November 2020 California […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on the state of schools and the quality of education students are able receive. Depending on a student’s access to reliable internet, the last year of virtual school has ranged from enriching to impossibly discouraging. Which kids have access follows a stark pattern: Across urban and rural areas […]
This past Wednesday, CNK research was cited in a USA Today article about economic hardships among Asian Americans in the United States. Many hotels, restaurants, shopping centers and beauty salons were forced to close at the beginning of the pandemic, and a report by Ong found that Asian Americans accounted for one in four workers within those […]
CNK Director Paul Ong was recently featured in a Los Angeles Times article that discussed the widening gap among Asian Americans. The Atlanta-area shootings, just last month, show another immigrant story, one of low-paid service workers in shadows of society. Hyun Jung Grant and five other Korean and Chinese women killed in the attack revealed this […]
CNK Director Paul Ong spoke to NBC News about his hopes for increasing Asian American representation in the Biden administration. The White House announced the creation of a new position, Asian American and Pacific Islander liaison, to ensure that the community’s voice is further represented and heard. Details of the duties and responsibilities of the […]
A report co-authored by Paul Ong, director of the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge at UCLA Luskin, was featured in a CNN article about combating anti-Asian hate and racism. Asian Americans have been the victims of verbal, physical and economic attacks across the country. One study found that anti-Asian hate crimes have more than doubled during the […]
A San Diego Union-Tribune article cited a report by the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracyand Center for Neighborhood Knowledge (CNK) that highlighted the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Latinos and other minorities in California. Latinos account for nearly half of the San Diego County residents infected by COVID-19 in the past […]
National CAPACD, in partnership with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, jointly announce the release of Crisis to Impact: Reflecting on a Decade of Housing Counseling Services in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities. The research examines the state of housing for low-income AAPIs since the Great Recession and […]
In a recent article by MarketWatch, research done in collaboration with the Asian American Studies Center was referenced in a discussion about anti-Asian hate crimes and rising unemployment rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. As documented incidents of harassment, assault and discrimination against Asian Americans have escalated during COVID-19, many groups within the community have also […]
Research from our latest report with UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative was recently featured in a Los Angeles Times article, which revealed how majority white areas received more money from the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) than majority Latino areas. The disproportionate amount of PPP money going to wealthier, whiter areas may make economic […]