ERI in the Media

Helping Movements Meet the Moment: What Philanthropy Can and Must Do
Nonprofit Quarterly – January 18, 2024
By Sulma Arias and Manuel Pastor

Why the Environmental Justice Movement Should Support the UAW Organizing Drive
The Nation – March 11, 2024
By Bill Gallegos and Manuel Pastor

Money Shouldn’t Be a Barrier to Citizenship in the United States | Opinion
Newsweek – May 8, 2024
By Manuel Pastor

Elon Musk Shows Us Why Individuals Can’t Save the World
Common Dreams – June 4, 2024
By Manuel Pastor

Opinion: What Kamala Harris needs to remember about California’s anti-immigrant past
Los Angeles Times – August 11, 2024
By Manuel Pastor and Miguel Santana

Opinion: Imperial County residents deserve to benefit from a potential lithium boom
Los Angeles Times – September 26, 2024
By Manuel Pastor and Chris Benner

Big lithium plans for Imperial Valley, one of California’s poorest regions, raise a bigger question: Who should benefit?
The Conversation – September 26, 2024
By Manuel Pastor and Chris Benner

Manuel Pastor: Activist scholar bringing the streets to the ivory tower
Los Angeles Times – June 23, 2024
By Gustavo Arellano

To heal our fragmented economic system, we must look to deeper aspects of our human nature
LSE Inequalities – July 9th, 2024
By Manuel Pastor and Alex Balcazar

A Tale of Two Climates
USC Dornsife Magazine – July 11th, 2024
By Thomas Weber

listed in chronological order

Latinas in Political Office: What the Numbers Show – California City News, January 2024
Rent relief program targets LA County landlords – Santa Monica Daily Press, January 2024
The New Suburbia: How Diversity Remade Suburban Life in Los Angeles After 1945 – Newswires, January 2024
Immigrant justice advocate Rosie Arroyo represents L.A. Latinos in groundbreaking Fellowship – Caló News, January 2024
Leave No Family Behind: CCRC Policy Forum 2024 highlights – CRCC, January 2024
Investing in Systems Change Capacity – Stanford Social Innovation Review, January 2024
Governor Newsom Issues 2023 Social Innovation Impact Report –  Governor Gavin Newsom, January 2024
Immigration: USC experts available to discuss America’s most polarizing topic – USC Today, January 2024
Conference Explores Challenges and Economic Impact of Undocumented Immigrants in California – Patch, February 2024
Transition and Transformation: a conversation with Víctor Sánchez and Manuel Pastor – Laane, February 2024
Two truths and a lie about immigration – USC Today, February 2024
Column: Latino political power emerges in South L.A. – LA Times, February 2024
‘Why Costa Mesa? Why not Santa Ana?’ A buzzy mercado reflects a changing O.C. – LA Times, February 2024
Coalition pushes for immigrant issues to be included in the LA County budget –  Caló News, February 2024
Poor voters and voters of color may be key on Super Tuesday. Will ‘enthusiasm gap’ hurt? – USA Today, March 2024
California undocumented seniors could get cash assistance. Why Newsom vetoed past attempt – The Sacramento Bee, March 2024
Haley celebra su triunfo en Vermont y dice que “un gran bloque de votantes” mostró su “profunda preocupación” sobre Trump – Telemundo, March 2024
Celebrating migrant histories and cuisines in California’s East Bay – Slow Food, March 2024
California Sees Surge in Migrants From Haiti – Newsweek, March 2024
Movement of families to Inland Empire subject of San Bernardino Policy Forum – CCRC, March 2024
#75 Hajar Yazdiha on the politics of togetherness and imagining collective futures – Mind Full of Everything, March 2024
EJ Ready, LA’s Justice 40 Efforts – Liberty Hill, March 2024
Lithium Valley Symposium Talks Jobs, Among Topics – Calexico Chronicle, April 2024
700,000 Undocumented Californians Recently Became Eligible for Medi-Cal. Many May Be Afraid to Sign Up. – Capital & Main, April 2024
Earth Month: Your ultimate guide to USC experts – USC Today, April 2024
Trojans to look for at this weekend’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC – USC Today, April 2024
Solving California’s Affordable Housing Crisis: Innovative Policy Approaches – Northern California Grantmakers, May 2024
Over two in three eligible-to-naturalize immigrants now qualify for waived or reduced fee for naturalization, new data finds – NPNA, April 2024
5 Things To Know About Cinco De Mayo, A Minor Holiday In Mexico – Patch, April 2024
Greening America’s Cities Pt. 2 w/ Dr. Manuel Pastor & Sissy Trinh – The Coolest Show, May 2024
Interactive Data Resources – Detroit Chamber, May 2024
United for Change: Capitol Day 2024 – United Ways of California, May 2024
Democracy Dreamin’ | 1 – PolicyLink, May 2024
The US universities that allow protest encampments – and even negotiate – The Guardian, May 2024
2024 ANDREW CARNEGIE FELLOWS PROGRAM: Hajar Yazdiha – Carnegie, May 2024
Celebrating Mother’s Day: Mamá, Ciudadana, y Votante – Unidosus, May 2024
Power Building, Trust, and Relationships: Supporting Movement Beyond Moments of Reckoning – Collective Impact Forum, May 2024
The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy — A Book Talk with Natalie Foster – The Aspen Institute, May 2024
UCLA to provide lithium-related insights at IVC – The Desert Review, May 2024
Salpi Ghazarian Retires from USC After 10 Years – Asbarez, May 2024
Guest column: A sustainable agriculture demands living wage for farmworkers – VC Star, May 2024
AAPI Heritage Festival enlivens St. Mark’s Square – Scot Scoop, May 2024
How to Do Research That Changes the World – Foundation for Child Development, May 2024
The Supreme Court’s term is ending. Here are the decisions to watch out for and USC experts to know – USC Today, June 2024
Podcast: Manuel Pastor discusses the failure created by Musk, Billionaires, and Individualism to our economy – Egberto Willies, June 2024
It’s our economy, not the billionaires. Choice: Democracy or Billionaires. Pelumi Adeleke for HCAD3. – Daily Kos, June 2024
Dr. Manuel Pastor: Why some Latinos are moving to Trumpism. We better heed his message now. – Daily Kos, June 2024
Episode 2 – Building Electoral Power for Lasting Change – BuzzSprout, June 2024
How business leaders and civic partners in small and midsized U.S. cities can advance racial equity and inclusive economic growth – Brookings, June 2024
California’s Black legislators make case for reparations bills while launching statewide tour – Calmatters, June 2024
State of Black California Appears to be a Reparations Issue – SD Voice, June 2024
46 new oil wells could be coming to Signal Hill as community members voice disapproval – Spectrum News, June 2024
Karen Bass: Mayor of the city of the eternal future – LA Times, June 2024
Advancing green space equity via policy change: A scoping review and research agenda – ScienceDirect, July 2024
” Guest Commentary | Pay attention to Trump’s lies not to Biden’s debate performance” – Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 2024
California Legislative Black Caucus and California Black Freedom Bring “State of Black California” Series to Santa Barbara on July 13 – Santa Barbara Independent, July 2024
KVEA-TV Telemundo 52 – Critical Mention, July 2024
KMEX-TV Univision 34 – Critical Mention, July 2024
Immigration a key issue for Latino voters – Spectrum News, July 2024
KVCR (NPR) – Critical Mention, July 2024
Piden inclusión para los inmigrantes en LA – La Opinion, July 2024
CA leaders at immigration summit prep for November – Public News Service, July 2024
Upcoming State of Black California Event – Montecito Journal, July 2024
Noticias Telemundo Telemundo – (En Espanol – Kamala Harris’ prospects) – Internet Archive, July 2024
New Report Separates Indigenous Migrants from ‘Hispanic/Latino’ Labels  – Davis Vanguard, July 2024
Political Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed  – The Observer, July 2024
Latest “State of Immigrants” report reveals ongoing barriers for LA County’s fastest-growing group – The Orange County Register, July 2024
Migrantes temen que un eventual triunfo de Trump en las elecciones acabe con sus planes de llegar a EEUU – Univision, July 2024
Why these environmental groups still aren’t endorsing Harris – Politico, July 2024
San Diego Black Caucus Presents State of Black California – Indigenous Network, July 2024
‘This is about hope’: Scientists offer climate solutions for sustainability in California – UCLA Newsroom, August 2024
‘Making it right.’ Leaders gather in Fresno to discuss reparations for Black Californians – Fresnoland, August 2024
The workers’ think tank A history of the Economic Policy Institute – Economic Policy Institute, August 2024
LA Mayor Karen Bass Puts a Progressive Veneer on Centrism – Jacobin, August 2024
Equity and Civil Rights Title VI Best Practices and Resources – Portland.gov, August 2024
From inmate release to immigrant home-buying aid, California bills spur end-of-session fireworks – Calmatters, August 2024
What would you ask the presidential candidates? – USC Dornsife, September 2024
What is Keeping Eligible People from Becoming Citizens in Greater Houston? Community-Based Research Project Seeks Answers. – Houston Endowment, September 2024
The 2024 California bills Gavin Newsom signed into law, and the ones he vetoed – Laist, September 2024
New Report Separates Indigenous Migrants from ‘Hispanic/Latino’ Labels – Latino Los Angeles, October 2024
Orange County Grantmakers hosts summit, bigger than ever, in Costa Mesa – Daily Pilot, October 2024
Maine Migrant Advocacy Group Targets Recently Naturalized ‘New Mainers’ with Voter Registration Efforts – Maine Wire, October 2024
Cities face limits on how they can expand rent control. Voters could change that with Prop. 33 – LA Times, October 2024
Could Trump actually enforce ‘mass deportations’ of migrants? – USC Price, October 2024
The Future of Rent Control Is on the Ballot in California – The Nation, October 2024
Are Democrats really “losing” Latino voters? – Vox, October 2024
The electorate is changing. Here’s what that means for Trump and Harris – CNN, October 2024
Nonfiction Views: The Air They Breathe, by Debra Hendrickson, plus the week’s new nonfiction – Daily Kos, October 2024
In the heart of Black Los Angeles, the future of Latino political power emerges – Calmatters, October 2024
What you’ve missed recently in Los Angeles politics, Oct. 29 issue – Los Angeles Public Press, October 2024
These cities could see big changes in rent control if Prop. 33 passes – Calmatters, October 2024
Opinion: Schools Need Proactive and Honest Leadership – Fullerton Observer, October 2024
How a Surge of Newly Naturalized Migrants Could Decide 2024 Election – newsweek, October 2024
The impact of young American citizens on elections – CNA, October 2024
Why Democrats may not be “losing” Latino voters – Vox, October 2024
New Americans expected to make impact in 2024 election – Voice of America, October 2024
Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city – LA Times, October 2024
A hidden force in the presidential election: Can the votes of naturalized Americans be decisive? – Telegrafi, October 2024
California’s Latino Voting Power Grows, But Many Aren’t Reaching Elected Office – KQED, October 2024
Charging Forward – New Books Network, October 2024
October 2024 – Sustainability Champion: Chris Benner – UCSC Sustainability Office, october 2024
Latino voters could gain political power in LA by 2026 election – KCRW, October 2024
Some Californians saw income increases despite soaring inflation. Here’s who and where – The Sacramento Bee, October 2024
Community Groups Host U.S. Citizenship Workshop in Camden on Saturday, Oct. 19 – NBC Philadelphia, October 2024
Rural community seeks to benefit from lithium boom – Public News Service, October 2024
Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city – Yahoo News, October 2024
Which cities might see big changes under Prop 33? – Calmatters, November 2024
Berkeley could see among state’s biggest changes in rent control if Prop. 33 passes – Berkeleyside, November 2024
‘This is my civil right’: New American citizens prepare to vote in Colorado general election – Colorado Newsline, November 2024
Prop. 33, California’s rent control measure, fails for third time despite housing crisis – The Sacramento Bee, November 2024
Newsom Calls Special Session to Prepare California for Legal Fight Against Trump – KQED, November 2024
What does L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ LAPD chief pick think about immigration? – Boyle Heights Beat, November 2024
L.A. City Hall reacts to Trump’s election with angst, anger – LA Times, November 2024
Economic Justice: Why We Must Build a New Common Sense – NonProfit Quarterly, November 2024
State Efforts To Decarbonize Key Industrial Sectors – American Progress, November 2024
Will Trump evict mixed-status families? – CalMatters, November 2024
Imperial Valley’s lithium reserves could power a global energy transition. But will they also fuel local economies? – UCSC Newscenter, November 2024
L.A. ‘sanctuary city’ law won’t prevent deportations. But ‘we are hardening our defenses’ – LA Times, November 2024State of resistance? What is California’s role in the new American reality? – Lookout Santa Cruz, November 2024
Trump immigration policy: Will California’s undocumented community face deportation? – The Orange County Register, November 2024
The crops and their paychecks went up in flames: How the Mountain fire hammered farms and farmworkers – LA Times, November 2024
Annual awards shine a light on exceptional staff and faculty – USC Dornsife, November 2024
L.A. County gears up for Trump with millions in funding for immigrants, transgender residents – LA Times, November 2024
Trump’s deportations could cost California ‘hundreds of billions of dollars.’ Here’s how – CalMatters, November 2024
The 2024 Election–Politics, Media, and Culture – USC/YouTube, November 2024
California: ¿cántos inmigrantes indocumentados hay en Los Ángeles? –  El Tiempo, November 2024
What’s next for the EV industry in Southern California? – KPBS, December 2024
Gov. Newsom announces new port of entry construction at Southern Border – Spectrum News, December 2024
The litmus test posed by ‘Lithium Valley’ – Politico, December 2024
Will filling out student aid form target undocumented parents for Trump’s mass deportations? – CalMatters, December 2024

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 Pastor

Thinking About the Long Term With Philanthropic Power Building
Stanford Social Innovation Review, September 5th, 2023
By Jennifer Ito, Manuel Pastor, and Ashley K. Thomas

Measuring Progress Toward Community Power
Stanford Social Innovation Review, August 28th, 2023
By Jane Booth-Tobin & Jennifer Ito, ERI Research Director

Opinion: California should stop prioritizing landlord wealth and keep families in their homes
The Sacramento Bee, August 19, 2023
By Joseph Tomás McKellar and Manuel Pastor

Opinion: Race matters when it comes to staying cool in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times, August 17, 2023
By Bill Gallegos and Manuel Pastor

Op-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 Pastor

Opinion: 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 – ARTICLE ARCHIVED, 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 

The business case for closing the ‘climate gap’
Fast Company, October 2022
By Manuel Pastor

Op-Ed: Racial divides in Los Angeles politics are wrong morally and pragmatically
Los Angeles Times, October 2022
By Pedro Noguera and Manuel Pastor

Driving 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 Pastor

Op-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

Counterpoint: On rent control, calmly weigh benefits as well as costs
MN Star Tribune, October 2021
By Edward G. Goetz and Manuel Pastor

Why did so few Latinos identify themselves as white in the 2020 census?
Los Angeles Times, September 2021
By Manuel Pastor and Pierrette Hondagneu Sotelo

Carbon neutral isn’t good enough. California needs to be carbon negative by 2030.
San Francisco Chronicle, July 2021
By Daniel Kammen and Manuel Pastor

Is the Chauvin conviction just a moment, or the start of lasting change?
Westlaw, July 2021
By Manuel Pastor

California needs to establish an Office of Racial Equity
Capitol Weekly, June 2021
By Angela Glover Blackwell and Manuel Pastor

Pro-recall forces seek to cancel California’s progress
Capitol Weekly, May 2021
By Irene Kao and Manuel Pastor

After COVID-19, Here’s how we can make sure everyone can heal
California Health Report
By Manuel Pastor

The Business Case for Vaccine Equity
Triple Pundit, March 2021
By Manuel Pastor

Advice for health and racial equity advocates: get back to the grassroots
The Hill, February 2021
By Jennifer Ito and Manuel Pastor

California Has Lessons for Liberals
Dissent Magazine, February 2021
By Manuel Pastor

listed in reverse chronological order

• 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

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 – PBS SoCal, November 2020
• Communities of Color Carrying the Brunt of the Pandemic – LAist, 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