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 […]
The necessary lockdowns to reduce the spread of COVID-19, along with the ensuing reduction in consumer demand, have created huge economic challenges for small businesses, especially those owned by Latino or Black business owners. To prevent a massive wave of layoffs and small business closures, the U.S. Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic […]
This new research brief by CNK in partnership with the National Housing Services of Los Angeles County summarizes the current state of Black homeownership in Los Angeles County and highlights some of the challenges currently brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Homeownership is a critical issue because it remains a primary source of asset accumulation, […]
For two weeks starting today, the Paycheck Protection Program will be open only to especially small companies, firms that employ fewer than 20 people. It’s part of several tweaks the Biden administration has made to the loan program, money that becomes a grant if criteria are met. The Paycheck Protection Program has distributed more than […]
In an KQED article, CNK Director Paul Ong was interviewed to discuss the disproportionate access for marginalized communities in receiving unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. “During the pandemic, we saw a much more rapid and steeper escalation of the unemployment rate for Asian Americans,” Ong said, “and we saw that particularly for the less […]
A year since the coronavirus spread globally, many small business owners in Chinatowns around the world are closing down, yet there remains hope for recovery. CNK Director Paul Ong was recently interviewed with Reuters, discussing the impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had on small businesses within ethnic enclaves, in particular Chinatowns worldwide. “But Chinatowns, in […]