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2024 Op-Eds & Articles
OPINION PIECES
Common Dreams – June 4, 2024
By Manuel Pastor
Newsweek – May 8, 2024
By Manuel Pastor
The Nation – March 11, 2024
By Bill Gallegos and Manuel Pastor
Nonprofit Quarterly – January 18, 2024
By Sulma Arias and Manuel Pastor
Featured Stories
Common Dreams – June 23, 2024
By Gustavo Arellano
2024 Media Mentions, Articles, and Interviews
2023 Media Hits
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California’s ability to count its population is under fire – with or without a government shutdown
CalMatters, September 29, 2023
By Ed Kissam and Manuel PastorThinking About the Long Term With Philanthropic Power Building
Stanford Social Innovation Review, September 5th, 2023
By Jennifer Ito, Manuel Pastor, and Ashley K. ThomasMeasuring Progress Toward Community Power
Stanford Social Innovation Review, August 28th, 2023
By Jane Booth-Tobin & Jennifer Ito, ERI Research DirectorOpinion: California should stop prioritizing landlord wealth and keep families in their homes
The Sacramento Bee, August 19, 2023
By Joseph Tomás McKellar and Manuel PastorOpinion: Race matters when it comes to staying cool in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times, August 17, 2023
By Bill Gallegos and Manuel PastorOp-ed: Silicon Valley Bank promised a $9 billion investment in California communities. Will new owners honor it?
CalMatters, March 30, 2023
By Paulina Gonzalez-Brito and Manuel PastorOpinion: What happened in Pajaro isn’t just a ‘natural’ disaster
Los Angeles Times, March 2023
By Michael Mendez and Manuel Pastor -
listed in reverse chronological order
- ‘Lithium Valley’: Inside California’s ‘white gold’ rush – USC News, December 2023
- The Census Bureau sees an older, more diverse America in 2100 in three immigration scenarios– November 2023, AP News
- Newsom-DeSantis debate: What to expect from the California vs. Florida matchup – November 2023, San Francisco Chronicle
- Fewer Californians are moving to Texas, instead they’re going to Florida and Arizona- October 2023, AP News
- Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 3 – Laist, October 2023
- What the divided cities of Belfast and L.A. can teach the world – SF Chronicle, October 2023
- California and Newsom prep for the future with new climate rules– The Hill, October 2023
- Penn State Family Symposium to focus on immigrant families, Oct. 23-24– Penn State, September 2023
- Column: We need immigrants more than ever. They keep hope in this country alive– LA Times, September 2023
- Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor on Community Organizing and the Impact of Lithium in California– Rockefeller Foundation blog, September 2023
- Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and the impact of Latinas in California– Spectrum News 1, September 2023
- Bridging divisions: lessons from Los Angeles and Belfast– Shared Future News, September 2023
- Dr. Manuel Pastor and Erin Aubry Kaplan with Alex Cohen on LA politics– Spectrum News 1, August 2023
- The Existential Erosion of Black Los Angeles– August 2023, Truthdig
- Fire Drill Fridays with Jane Fonda: California Climate Action – Why it Matters to Us All
- with Prof. Manuel Pastor and Christine Cordero – August 2023, Youtube
- How Communities Are Building Power To Improve Health (Health Affairs Journal, Vol 4. No 8) – August 2023, HealthAffairs
- “Everything Is Changing” – Californians Struggling With High Rent Prices, End Of Eviction Moratoriums – July 2023, ZeroHedge
- Building Power for Healthy Communities – July 2023, Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Prof. Manuel Pastor appointed by Gov. Newsom to California’s first Racial Equity Commission – July 2023, State of California Press Release
- Where Urban Tree Canopies and Environmental Justice Meet – July 2023, USC Dornsife News
- Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement – July 2023, Nonprofit Quarterly
- Bezos fund gives $12 million to LA nonprofits for green space in underserved areas – July 2023, Daily News
- California built a safety net for undocumented immigrants. Now deficits could leave some behind – July 2023, CalMatters
- LA’s huge immigrant population driven out by high housing costs – July 2023 ,Ethnic Media Services
- L.A. County leaders vow to continue supporting migrant Angelenos based on State of Immigrants report – July 2023, LA Times
- Inmigrantes en LA están lingüísticamente aislados– July 2023, La Opinion
- After court decision, personal stories of affirmative action emerge – June 2023, Washington Post
- An obstacle to Black reparations in California: Convincing Latinos and Asians – June 2023, Washington Post
- How immigrants fare will determine LA’s future, says USC researcher – June 2023, KCRW
- Charges against Price draw outrage, sadness and sense of ‘Black loss’ in South L.A. – June 2023, Los Angeles Times
- Interview with Dr. Pastor – Latest On Councilmember Curren Price Charges As City Council Respond To News – June 2023, AirTalk/KPCC
- ‘California is behind the rest of the country’: A new bill aims to limit security deposits for renters– June 2023, MarketWatch
- The Unequal Benefits of CA’s Electric Vehicle Transition – May 2023, Eos.org
- California’s reparations plan for Black residents faces uphill battle – May 2023, Washington Post
- As Title 42 expires, what should Southern California expect? – May 2023, Orange County Register
- Manuel Pastor on “Bloomberg Markets: The Close” (Aired 05/11/2023) – May 2023, Bloomberg
- Toward a Moral Political Economy – May 2023, KQED Forum
- Eviction Bans Remain in California More Than 3 Years Into the Pandemic – May 2023, Wall Street Journal
- With Key Rent Control Vote Coming in Sacramento, Local Eyes Focus on Two Senior State Legislators – April 2023, Voice of OC
- ‘I’ve Been Contributing’: Undocumented Workers Are Key to California’s Economy. A New Bill Would Give Them Unemployment Benefits – April 2023, KQED
- Eliminating the pay gap brings true appreciation of DEIJ – April 2023, Ventura County Star
- Evictions rise, tenants scramble for help as LA County protections expire – March 2023, CalMatters
- How Working-Class White Voters Became the GOP’s Foundation – March 2023, The Atlantic
- The Four Quadrants of American Politics – March 2023, The Atlantic
- California Lutheran University study aims to dispel myths about undocumented immigrants – February 2023, Ventura County Star
- Radical idea: Redraw the U.S. map as a nation of city-states – February 2023, Big Think
- Will Karen Bass’ Laser Focus on Tackling Homelessness Have a Cost? – January 2023, Capital & Main
- How distorting the words of Martin Luther King Jr. is enabling more, not less, racial divisions within American society – January 2023, The Conversation
- SLO County UndocuSupport provided grants to support undocumented immigrants impacted by storms – January 2023, KSBY
- What should rent control accomplish? – January 2023, Governing.com
- Equity gaps apparent at Lancaster County public schools, new report says – January 2023, Lancaster Online
2022 Media Hits
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The business case for closing the ‘climate gap’
Fast Company, October 2022
By Manuel PastorOp-Ed: Racial divides in Los Angeles politics are wrong morally and pragmatically
Los Angeles Times, October 2022
By Pedro Noguera and Manuel PastorDriving the Future? Green Justice and the Lithium Valley
Nonprofit Quarterly, September 2022
By Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor
Op-ed: California can’t take immigrants for granted
Orange County Register, May 2022
By Thai V. Le and Manuel PastorOp-Ed: Can we fix environmental injustice if we don’t take race into account?
Los Angeles Times, March 2022
By Alvaro Sanchez and Manuel Pastor -
Selected coverage from June to December 2022
- Philanthropic Investment in People Power – Stanford Social Innovation Review
- A Retrospective As Mayor Eric Garcetti Leaves Office – KPCC Air Talk
- Eric Garcetti led L.A. during profoundly turbulent times. How will history judge him? – Los Angeles Times
- How Millions of Gig Workers Could Be Impacted by a New Labor Rule – Capital and Main
- Column: Why this election could feel like the beginning of the end of Black power in L.A. – Los Angeles Times
- Health and Safety Are at Risk’: Only 1 California Safety Inspector Is Bilingual in Chinese or Vietnamese – KQED
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Solidarity Doesn’t Look Like This – The Atlantic
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Linking Racial and Economic Justice: The Struggle of Our Time – Nonprofit Quarterly
- What the city council scandal reveals about LA’s racial divides — and solidarity – KQED
- LA’s Black-Latino tensions bared in City Council scandal – Spectrum News 1
- L.A. Latinos grapple with familiar colorism against Black and Indigenous people in racist tape – Los Angeles Times
- Leaked racist tape shakes political alliances in Los Angeles – Washington Post
- The Latest On LA City Council: Following Today’s Council Meeting, Reform Efforts, And More – KPCC Air Talk
- The fallout lingers in Los Angeles over a racism scandal that has engulfed City Hall – NPR Morning Edition
- The Seething Anti-Blackness of Kevin de León and Other Takeaways from the Fed Recording – StreetsblogLA
- Column: Nury Martinez’s racism feeds into Black Angelenos’ worst fear. It’s us versus them – Los Angeles Times
- Is Black-Latino solidarity in jeopardy after leaked LA City Council audio? – KCRW
- Racist remarks by LA City Council president overshadow years of work toward solidarity between Black and Latino communities, experts say – CNN
- For historic Black community, Crenshaw/LAX Line is ‘a blessing and a curse’ – Los Angeles Times
- Clean Energy Workforce Tops Agenda at First Major Convening Since Passage of Historic Climate Legislation at State and Federal Levels – Business Wire
- Women’s Equality Day: Latinas Have Far Way to Go, Need More Investment – LatinoRebels.com
- Los Angeles and the American dream: USC professor Manuel Pastor – Spectrum News 1
- In California’s largest race bias cases, Latino workers are accused of abusing Black colleagues – Los Angeles Times
- In a ‘Latinas First’ strategy, everyone wins – Los Angeles Times
- Latinas contribute to California’s communities, but more investment in them is needed, survey finds – ABC7 News
- L.A., LAtinx Style: A Conversation Between Natalia Molina, Juan De Lara, George J. Sánchez, and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo – L.A. Review of Books
- Main Street lands record $154 billion in federal contracts, but fewer small businesses benefit – CNBC
- New Report Quantifies Racial and Economic Segregation in the Bay Area – KRON 4 News
- Ten Experts Answer FAQs on Rent Regulation – Bipartisan Policy Center
Selected coverage from January to June 2022- Report: Low-income renters can’t afford rent in nearly 45% of America’s largest metro areas (USC Dornsife news)
- California is about to experience a political earthquake. Here’s why (CNN)
- The Shrinking Geography of Opportunity in Metro America (Philanthropy News Digest)
- There’s a Real, Live Plan to End Poverty in California (Capital and Main)
- USC Dornsife sociologist named to prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences (USC News)
- Eileen Crimmins, Manuel Pastor elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (USC News)
- Latinos recall L.A. riots’ 30th anniversary and a ‘levantamiento.’ What has changed? (NBC Latino)
- South L.A. was promised a resurrection after 1992. The new boom could leave many behind (Los Angeles Times)
- 30 Years After ‘92 Unrest, Little Has Changed At Florence And Normandie (LAist)
- Column: Why income inequality should be part of L.A.’s crime debate / Column: Everyone has a theory of why crime is rising. This one doesn’t get discussed enough (Los Angeles Times)
- Excavating the Future: Manuel Pastor on a world that lives up to our highest hopes (KCET)
- Wages Rise for Many, But Not for Californians Most Hit by Inflation (Capital and Main)
- Census Data: Los Angeles, San Francisco Metro Areas Saw Significant Population Decline During First Year Of COVID (KPCC)
- Is California’s cap-and-trade program hurting the environment more than helping it? (Los Angeles Times)
- Column: Will L.A. City Council get its own ‘Squad’? This young Latina running for District 9 hopes so (Los Angeles Times)
- How long are Californians waiting for rent relief? (Cal Matters)
- The White House excluded race from its environmental justice tool. We put it back in. (The Grist)
- Endurance Test: Underserved Desi Grocery Workers Go to the Front Lines (India Curents)
- Republicans Are Trying to Suppress More Than Votes (The Atlantic)
- Making It Home – Dr. Manuel Pastor on how South Los Angeles is America’s past and future (Red Canary Collective)
- Achieving Equity Amid Difference: The Promise of Targeted Universalism (Nonprofit Quarterly)
- Is Public Office the Best Place to do Public Service? (Zocalo)
- With No End in Sight to Pandemic Life, Parents Find Disruption Is the New Normal (KCET)
- A commentary by our partner Aditi Vaidya offers insights from ERI’s work with Lead Local— defining community power and demonstrating why building it is vital for achieving health equity and durable systemic change. (Philanthropy News Digest)
- The Renewable Resource of Mutual Care (Capital and Main)
- What It’s Like to Live Next to America’s Largest Port Amid a Global Supply Chain Crisis (New York Times)
- Solidarity and Mutuality: An Interview with Manuel Pastor (Future Hindsight Podcast)
- Dr. Manuel Pastor on Democrats losing the Latino vote (Daily KOS)
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2021 Media Hits
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Counterpoint: On rent control, calmly weigh benefits as well as costs
MN Star Tribune, October 2021
By Edward G. Goetz and Manuel PastorWhy did so few Latinos identify themselves as white in the 2020 census?
Los Angeles Times, September 2021
By Manuel Pastor and Pierrette Hondagneu SoteloCarbon neutral isn’t good enough. California needs to be carbon negative by 2030.
San Francisco Chronicle, July 2021
By Daniel Kammen and Manuel PastorIs the Chauvin conviction just a moment, or the start of lasting change?
Westlaw, July 2021
By Manuel PastorCalifornia needs to establish an Office of Racial Equity
Capitol Weekly, June 2021
By Angela Glover Blackwell and Manuel PastorPro-recall forces seek to cancel California’s progress
Capitol Weekly, May 2021
By Irene Kao and Manuel PastorAfter COVID-19, Here’s how we can make sure everyone can heal
California Health Report
By Manuel PastorThe Business Case for Vaccine Equity
Triple Pundit, March 2021
By Manuel PastorAdvice for health and racial equity advocates: get back to the grassroots
The Hill, February 2021
By Jennifer Ito and Manuel PastorCalifornia Has Lessons for Liberals
Dissent Magazine, February 2021
By Manuel Pastor -
listed in reverse chronological order
- Reimagining our economy for the benefit of all – UCSC News, October 2021
- COVID Relief is Drying Up. Where Can Artists Turn for Help? – KQED, October 2021
- Renters to get help when California eviction protections end – Los Angeles Times, September 2021
- Latinx Conference Grapples with the Economy, Race, and the Politics of Change – Nonprofit Quarterly, September 2021
- Can Recall Ads in Spanish Sway Latino Voters? – KQED, September 2021
- How racism is driving Newsom California recall election – Los Angeles Times, September 2021
- One week to recall election day: Newsom campaigns in SF, appeals to Latino voters – KTVU, September 2021
- Interview: Can Latino voters swing the recall election? – FOX 40 Morning TV, September 2021
- Could Latino Voters Make the Difference in Whether Newsom Survives California’s Recall Election? – LAist, August 2021
- Discussion: 2020 Census Data – FOX 7 News, Austin TX, August 2021
- Census 2020 Results Show Jump in Latino and Mixed-Race Americans – Rising Up With Sonali/Free Speech TV, August 2021
- New census data expected to reveal a more diverse America – The Seattle Times, August 2021
- Having A Job Isn’t Enough To Avoid Pandemic Rental Debt – Buzzfeed News, August 2021
- In the Greenroom – An interview with USC Sociologist Manuel Pastor – Zocalo Public Square, August 2021
- The Red Tape That Could Cost Millions of Americans Their Homes – The New York Times, August 2021
- Could Reparations Make for Fairer Juries? – San Francisco Chronicle, July 2021
- 500,000 New Yorkers Owe Back Rent. What Happens When Evictions Resume? – The New York Times, July 2021
- The Chairman of a House Coronavirus Subcommittee Vows to Investigate Eviction Practices By Corporate Landlords – The New York Times, July 2021
- The next test for environmental justice policy? Defining ‘disadvantaged communities.’ – The Grist, July 2021
- Cuban government is facing mass protests – KCRW Press Play, July 2021
- From homelessness to homicides, Garcetti leaves LA with unfinished business – LA Times, July 2021
- State of immigrants in LA County: USC report shows disparities in COVID pandemic’s impact – ABC7 TV, June 2021
- Vacunas, apoyo financiero, educación y salud mental necesarios para sanar de la pandemia – La Opinion, May 2021
- Biden hails progress on vaccine equity, but some local leaders paint a different picture – NBC News, May 2021
- Will LA Fully Support Due Process for Immigrants? – LA Progressive, May 2021
- Biden Boasts About Equitable Senior Vaccination Rate by Race Without Data to Back It Up – Salon, May 2021
- CalMatters Podcast: Will California’s wildfire prevention efforts be enough? – CalMatters, April 2021
- What Is Environmental Racism? 10 Facts About How It Works – Teen Vogue, April 2021
- City Council Overrides Mayor veto to spend $88 million of LAPD Budget on Poor communities, vaccines for farmworkers, on the lot – KPCC, March 2021
- Why the Johnson and Johnson vaccine shouldn’t be viewed as second class – KCRW, March 2021
- Stop Asian hate, Stop Black hate, stop all hate: Many Americans call for unity against racism – USA Today, March 2021
- With Democrats in power, an emboldened environmental movement confronts them – Los Angeles Times, February 2021
- COVID-19 vaccine fears plague California farmworkers – Fresno Bee, February 2021
- How Biden can improve economy, create national unity – KCBS Radio, February 2021
- Vaccine inequity prompts calls for federal response – The Hill, February 2021
- ‘California is America, only sooner’: how the progressive state could shape Biden’s policies – The Guardian, January 2021
- With Democrats in power, an emboldened environmental movement confronts them – Los Angeles Times, January 2021
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2020 Media Hits
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- For a Path Forward on Climate, Let’s Learn From the Original New Deal – The Revelator, December 2020 By J. Mijin Cha and Manuel Pastor
- Liberals skeptical of Joe Biden should look to the example of Jerry Brown – Los Angeles Times, July 2020 By Sara Sadwhani and Manuel Pastor
- Universities should take up the fight for immigration reform – Los Angeles Daily News, June 2020 By Manuel Pastor and Jody Agius Vallejo
- Bienvenido a California, Bernie – The American Prospect, March 2020 By Manuel Pastor
- Solidarity Economics—for the Coronavirus Crisis and Beyond – The American Prospect, March 2020 By Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor
- Nevada’s changing demographics are a road map showing Democrats how to win elections – USA Today, February 2020 By Manuel Pastor
- “New Deal for New Americans” will reform immigration policy – Sacramento Bee, February 2020 By Angelica Salas (CHIRLA) and Manuel Pastor
- American elections need to look like the future population of this country – The Hill, January 2020 By Manuel Pastor
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listed in reverse chronological order
- As COVID-19 vaccine rolls out, undocumented immigrants fear deportation after seeking dose – USA Today, December 2020
- Will Gen Z ever recover from the COVID-19 recession? – Al Jazeera, November 2020
- “No Going Back”: Scholars Say Lives of Black Californians Must Improve After COVID – Black Voice News, November 2020
- 187: The rise of the Latino Vote: Manuel Pastor on the ongoing struggle against racism – KCET vide, November 2020
- Communities of Color Carrying the Brunt of the Pandemic – KPCC, September 2020
- The fight for Florida’s Latino voters: Biden courts Puerto Ricans as Trump rallies Cubans – The Guardian, September 2020
- No going back to racist past, L.A. civic leaders say of post-COVID future – LA Times, September 2020
- Editorial: COVID exposed Southern California’s inequities and injustices. Now it’s time to fix them – LA Times, September 2020
- A Post-Pandemic “Return To Normal”? LA Says Not Good Enough – Forbes, September 2020
Additional ERI mentions on the elections and California propositions from Fall 2020
- New York Times
- LAist
- San Francisco Chronicle
- KPBS
- City Rising (KCET)
- Los Angeles Times
- LA Progressive
- The Independent UK
- Biden, Harris Face Challenge of Unifying Party From Afar – US News, August 2020
- A California Dream: Immigration and inclusion in Trump’s US – Al Jazeera, July 2020
- What’s Next? Envisioning An Equitable Economy Post Covid-19 & Systemic Racism With Dr. Manuel Pastor – Forbes.com, June 2020
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Multimedia clips
Watch or listen to various talks and interviews with ERI staff about our work, research, and related current events.