ABC News article by Alisa Wiersema with commentary by Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan on potential shift in political power for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the nation's fastest growing– and often politically overlooked– ethnic group. Read more here
Press-Enterprise op-ed by Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan discussing growth in Latinx and youth turnout in the Inland Empire, as well as the ways that Census outreach is positioning the region for even stronger civic engagement in the future. Read more here
Article cites research by Loren Collingwood and colleagues at the University of California, Riverside, showing a 20% boost in Latinx representation in cities that switched from at-large to district systems. Read more here
Regardless of the numerous challenges AAPI in the state face, the majority, 62 percent, continue to believe in the American dream, as defined as “if you work hard, you will get ahead.” The group is relatively more hopeful, compared to overall Californians, 47 percent of whom believe the American dream still holds true today. The...
Arias was an aide in Congress in the 2000s when he was tasked with helping relocate a last wave of Hmong refugees from Thailand. He worked with the elders, who serve as the community’s spiritual and cultural leaders and who fought in the Vietnam War. The Hmong community in Fresno has flourished, Arias said, with...
The Asian American and Pacific Islander community is fastest-growing among other racial group in the U.S., growing over four times as rapidly as the total U.S. population. They make up close to 15 percent of the California’s resident population, the AAPI Data report states. Ethnic groups lumped together under the “Asian” umbrella perpetuates the stereotype...
Washington Post article by Kim Bellware and Deanna Paul with commentary by Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan on Texas state lawmaker who lost the endorsement of Gov. Greg Abbott after making comments focusing on his opponents' ethnicity. Read more here
Although any Democrat would be a vast improvement over Trump, Mayor Pete (as he is popularly known) is more articulate than Joe Biden, more business-friendly than Bernie Sanders, and more flexible on health care coverage options than Elizabeth Warren. According to a 2018 report by APIA Vote and AAPI Data, only 28 percent of Indian...
That’s still a tiny portion of the overall Asian-American population — particularly in California. According to A.A.P.I. Data, a group that tracks demographics of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, there are 94,454 Hmong people in California compared with more than 1.4 million Chinese people. But Karthick Ramakrishnan, associate dean of U.C. Riverside’s School of Public Policy...
In considering whether these Inland leaders are on the right track, we can examine what they’re saying about the state and our region and evaluate that against what we know empirically. Inland supporters of the “state’s-our-buddy” view praise Regions Rise Together, an initiative of Gov. Gavin Newsom, and other organizations such as Inland California Rising...
In 2010, during the last decennial population count, nearly one in four Inland Empire households didn’t mail back their census questionnaire. What’s more, another 40,000 people throughout the region didn’t receive a questionnaire by mail at all. Why does this matter? Because undercounted regions miss out on vital federal and state funding, hindering potential growth...
I had the privilege of spending a few days in Fresno this past week, to learn about the important and inspiring work happening in the city. According to research by the Urban Institute, Fresno ranks 59th out of 59 cities in California when it comes to racial disparities in economic outcomes. But the city is...
A new report from researchers at the University of California, Riverside, sheds light on the more than 2.3 million women who call the Inland Empire home. Focusing on Riverside and San Bernardino counties, “State of Women in the Inland Empire” is the latest installment in an ongoing series released by UC Riverside’s Center for Social...
The gender gap remains wide in the Inland Empire both politically and economically despite the rapid growth and transformation that has hit the region in the last decade, research recently published by UC Riverside's Center for Social Innovation shows. The center's " State of Women in the Inland Empire" report combines original research and analysis...
More Asian American and Pacific Islanders are voting in California – and they have the potential to influence the outcome of the state’s 2020 primary elections, data show. AAPI voters make up roughly one out of every six voters in California. As of Feb. 10, there were 19,978,449 registered voters in California, according to the...
Riverside County has joined UC Riverside in forming the Inland Empire Complete Count Committee, with the goal of enlisting assistance from business groups, faith-based organizations, healthcare professionals and others in spreading the word about the census. According to the bureau, questionnaires related to the 2020 count will begin going out in April. Census-takers will also...
Tackling the issues of the region’s housing affordability and homelessness, the Southern California News Group, in partnership with the Center for Social Innovation at UC Riverside, chaired the first live public meeting of the SoCal Policy Forum at Pasadena City College’s Westerbeck Hall on Thursday evening. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
Southern California residents — including local Republicans — are more likely than other Americans to support the U.S. House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry, according to a new survey conducted by researchers at UC Riverside’s Center for Social Innovation in partnership with the Southern California News Group. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
At an Asian American and Pacific Islander presidential forum on Sept. 8, Democratic hopeful Andrew Yang eloquently expressed support for affirmative action and talked about how growing up Asian American had made him feel like his “spot in this country is somewhat in question.” “In the same week [Yang] went from being thoughtful and deliberate...
