Host Kayla Hayempour talks with UCLA alum Rachel Sumekh, founder of Swipe Out Hunger, about turning a small campus initiative into a national movement against college food insecurity.

Two Democratic Californian legislators reintroduced a bill designed to target the basic needs crisis among students in higher education Sept. 18.
The Basic Assistance for Students in College Act – which Democrats first introduced in June 2021 – would create a $1 billion grant program for higher education institutions to provide funds for research and address food, housing, health care, child care, technology and transportation needs, according to a press release from Senator Alex Padilla, one of the people who introduced the bill.

This post was updated Sept. 2 at 10:10 p.m.
 
The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and Arizona State University Center for Latina/os and American Politics Research announced the launch of the joint Latino Data Hub Action Lab, welcoming a cohort of fellows who will use the database toward projects to support the Latino community.

Renowned journalist and UCLA professor Jim Newton sits down with Podcasts contributor Kayla Hayempour.

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Melissa Berton, an Academy Award-winning producer, women’s rights advocate and UCLA alumnus, joins Podcasts contributor Kayla Hayempour.

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Aid workers killed in Gaza. Baltimore Key Bridge collapses. Podcasts contributors Kayla Hayempour and Lucy Netchvolodoff discuss with Podcasts editor Jack Garland. City and crime editor Sharla Steinman joins the show to discuss Pluto TV rally on April Fools’ Day.

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