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This research report, based on 12 focus groups conducted across the country, provides an in-depth exploration of Latino pandemic experiences, focusing on how the COVID-19 crisis has affected feelings of […]

November 16, 2021

CommunitiesCommunity CentersCOVID-19Discriminationand 18 more tags

Dreams Interrupted: A Mixed-Methods Study Assessing Latino College Completion is a qualitative companion to the quantitative findings of the report “Debt, Doubt, and Dreams: Understanding the Latino College Completion Gap,” […]

September 9, 2021

Economy and WorkforceEducationStudent Debt

Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid expansion offered states the opportunity to cover more low-income families and reduce racial coverage disparities. Yet 12 states refuse to expand, even in the […]

June 29, 2021

ACAAffordable Care ActHealth CareMedicaid expansion

In this report, we examine the gains achieved during President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office, and highlight three priorities that the administration must take on next. This analysis […]

May 10, 2021

Biden AdministrationCoronavirusCOVID-19Economyand 6 more tags

As part of our Latina Wealth Project, UnidosUS partnered with Edison Research to poll Hispanic women and men as well as White women and men, to understand the true financial […]

April 19, 2021

CoronavirusCOVID-19EconomyEconomy and Employmentand 3 more tags

Our report was written to provide a rich understanding of the costs of care for Latino households, looking beyond purely financial costs. In this report, the costs of care are […]

February 8, 2021

CaregivingEconomy and EmploymentEconomy and WorkforceHealth

The policy agenda provides a robust and compressive vision for Latino success in higher education; it outlines recommendations for how to make high-quality colleges and universities more affordable, increase access […]

December 18, 2020

CoronavirusCOVID-19EducationHigher Educationand 1 more tag

In this report, UnidosUS explores the gig-economy and gig-workers, looking at Latino gig-workers to understand the obstacles they face in those roles and to better understand the role that gig-work […]

December 17, 2020

Economy and EmploymentEconomy and WorkforceGig Economy

Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill teamed up with UnidosUS to explore whether and how our debt-driven higher education system makes it difficult for students to finish a college program or degree.

November 18, 2020

Economy and EmploymentEconomy and WorkforceEducationStudent Debt

In this report, we spotlight a traditional path to overcoming inequality and move up the economic ladder in our country: higher education.

August 31, 2020

EducationHigher EducationHigher Education ActTeachers

Latinx LGBTQ Youth in United States Schools This report is a report on LGBTQ students of color that examines the school experiences of Latinx LGBTQ youth. Experiences of racism, homophobia, […]

June 26, 2020

bullyingDiscriminationHarassmentLatinx LGBTQ Studentsand 2 more tags

In 2018, UnidosUS conducted policy research on Latina teachers working in ECE settings operated by our Affiliate organizations. Our primary purpose was to examine the “BA Challenge,” namely: the concern […]

January 22, 2020

Early Childhood EducationECEPre-K