Manuel Pastor

director of USC's Equity Research Institute

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At a summit today and Wednesday in LA, political leaders, activists, and philanthropists are discussing the challenges and needs facing immigrants.

How immigrants fare will determine LA’s future, says USC researcher

At a summit today and Wednesday in LA, political leaders, activists, and philanthropists are discussing the challenges and needs facing immigrants.

from Greater LA

Audio leaked over the weekend of three Latino members of LA City Council making racist comments in October 2021. Today Nury Martinez resigned as president.

Is Black-Latino solidarity in jeopardy after leaked LA City Council audio?

Audio leaked over the weekend of three Latino members of LA City Council making racist comments in October 2021. Today Nury Martinez resigned as president.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Thousands of demonstrators are taking to the streets of Cuba this week — the protests are some of the largest the country has seen since the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro…

Cuban government is facing mass protests — its most serious threat since the fall of the Soviet Union

Thousands of demonstrators are taking to the streets of Cuba this week — the protests are some of the largest the country has seen since the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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In the 1990s, a reading strategy called “balanced literacy” took over CA public schools. The problem? Kids didn’t learn to read. Now, phonics is making a comeback.

from KCRW Features

An affordable housing developer got $114 million from Gov. Newsom’s Homekey program. Now, with little to show for it, legal and financial problems are mounting.

from Greater LA

Will President Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza leave him in political purgatory? Who’s in charge of the GOP? Plus, Henry Kissinger has a complicated legacy.

from Left, Right & Center

Writer Elizabeth Rush recounts her two-month journey to Antarctica and shares the impact seeing its fast-melting Thwaites Glacier up close had on her life.

from Life Examined

With the narrow approval of Governor Gavin Newsom’s $6.4 billion mental health bond, Prop 1, the work begins to build thousands of treatment beds.

from KCRW Features

Historian Juan Cole minces no words in offering a grave and sobering account of the conflict in Palestine and Israel on this episode of the Scheer Intelligence podcast.

from Scheer Intelligence

How serious were Donald Trump’s NATO claims? Are skeptics of Biden and Trump’s ages missing the bigger picture? Plus, a legal DEI battle unearths difficult questions.

from Left, Right & Center

Lost Notes explores how Fela Kuti’s time in LA in 1969 was instrumental in the creation of his legendary Afrobeat sound.

from Lost Notes

The House finally elected a speaker this week. Now, can Biden’s priorities like aid to Israel and Ukraine get through? Plus, the press faces the fog of war in Israel and Gaza.

from Left, Right & Center