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State of Resistance
Another bonus episode! Host Lisa discusses Professor Manuel Pastor’s latest book, State of Resistance. The book looks at the last several decades of economic, social, and environmental transformations in California. Pastor then looks to the future to ask what these transformations can predict for the larger United States.
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Mt. Saint Mary’s Emerald Archer Examines the Advancement of Women in the Workplace
By Katrina Soriano
PSR and the USC Bedrosian Center teamed up on August 11, 2019 to bring Dr. Emerald Archer to USC to address the challenges facing the women in the workplace. Archer, the director for the Center for the Advancement of Women in Mount Saint Mary’s University, shared that she “has dedicated her career to studying questions related to gender equity and women’s representation in non-traditional domains such as the United States military,” and offered her findings and insights to a diverse group of attendees including active and retired faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Elisabeth R. Gerber
From why engagement with communities matters in higher education to the future of work – Jeff Jenkins has a far ranging conversation with Elisabeth Gerber of the University of Michigan.
She asks how we move beyond the way we were taught to trying to help folks interact and learn in a changing world?
Where growing up depends on the wind; on building lives near freeways
by Casey Fischl
The American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2017 Report identified Los Angeles as the number one polluted state by ozone and number four by particulate pollution. Low-income, communities of color in Los Angeles suffer from disproportionate exposure to this health degrading pollution.
Lawsuit alleges Orange County supervisors infringe on First Amendment at meetings
The Orange County Register quoted Frank Zerunyan of the USC Price School about a lawsuit alleging Orange County supervisors infringe on First Amendment rights at meetings.
Captain Marvel (dir. Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck)
We’ve got a special “Warriors” episode of Reel Review for you today! We got together Lt. Col. Olivia Nelson and two female Air Force ROTC Cadets to discuss the first(!) Marvel movie to center a female superhero: Captain Marvel.
Warning: Spoilers!
Mayor Mike Duggan set her up to succeed. That raises questions.
Detroit Free Press and Deadline Detroit quoted Terry Cooper of the USC Price School on whether it is unusual for a city government to raise funds for a nonprofit.
Gary Segura, Dean of UCLA Luskin
by Casey Fischl
Gary Segura is the Dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Under his leadership, Luskin has successfully launched its first undergraduate program in the fall of 2018. Gary is also a Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Chicano and Chicana Studies.
Us (dir. Jordan Peele)
From the mind the brought us Get Out, is the new film scaring audiences across the states. In Jordan Peele’s latest film, Us, doppelgängers menace a family trying to enjoy their summer vacation. But … as in Get Out, everything isn’t quite that simple. Warning: Spoilers!
What mirror is Peele holding up for us now?
En Los Ángeles, es un sueño tener una casa
La Opinion quoted Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center on how California is slowly excluding residents with less education “Hemos estado importando graduados universitarios que es bueno”, dijo Green. “Pero lo que hacen los graduados universitarios es ofrecer mayor oferta por una vivienda; mientras que la mayoría de las personas que no tienen un…