Hundreds of volunteers signed up to accompany older Asian Americans in Oakland's Chinatown neighborhood to help keep them safe.

How to help families of the spa shooting victims and all Asian Americans under attack

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A report co-authored by Paul Ong, director of the Center for…
Esther Lopez settles in at home in Chula Vista after work at a nearby grocery store.(Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

A Deadly Reality: By almost every metric, COVID-19 is proving much worse for Latinos than Whites

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A San Diego Union-Tribune article cited a report by the UCLA…

Majority white areas got more PPP business loan money than Latino areas, UCLA study says

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Research from our latest report with UCLA Latino Policy and Politics…
President Biden announced changes Monday to the Paycheck Protection Program aimed at helping smaller businesses owned by women and people of color to qualify for federal loans due to the economic impact that has been caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Alex Wong/Getty Images

New PPP plan aims to level playing field for smallest businesses

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For two weeks starting today, the Paycheck Protection Program…
Henry Zhang in San Francisco on Feb. 16, 2021. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

How Barriers at EDD Keep Already Vulnerable Californians From Their Benefits

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In an KQED article, CNK Director Paul Ong was interviewed to…

On eve of Lunar New Year, COVID-19 pushes Chinatown businesses to the brink

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A year since the coronavirus spread globally, many small business…
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How Biden can undo the divisions Trump deepened in immigrant communities

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CNK Director Paul Ong was recently featured in a NBC News article…

Assessing Vulnerability Indicators and Race/Ethnicity

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This past week, our recent COVID report was recently featured…

UCLA provides timely research on how COVID-19 affects vulnerable communities

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A recent UCLA Newsroom press release centers the critical work…