Manuel Pastor

With Census data confirming that non-Hispanic white parents produced less than half of all births from July 2010 to July 2011, we are getting that much closer to what demographers have called a "tipping point:" the year 2042, when the non-white population becomes the majority throughout the United States.

If you were anywhere on or near the streets of Los Angeles twenty years ago this week, the unsettling sights, sounds and acrid smells of civil unrest are fastened to your memory like few other events.

We both remember where we were at the exact moment we learned that...

If someone tried to force you to pay $312 million for a faulty product, you'd probably be upset.

That is exactly why the business community has joined with labor and civil rights organizations in asking California Governor Jerry Brown to sign a piece of legislation called the "Employment Acceleration Act...

California Republicans are rightly worried about their future in the state. Even as the GOP tapped into the national Tea Party zeitgeist and achieved a stunning victory in mid-term elections, the party received a shellacking in California, one delivered, in large part, by a growing Latino electorate concerned about the...

If a company makes a mess, it should be responsible for cleaning it up. And if that mess has long-term impacts on the economy, the environment and public health, then the company has a responsibility to invest in the recovery effort. It's the right -- and fair -- thing to...

No doubt you've heard the warnings -- the melting ice caps and rising sea levels, the extinct polar bears and extreme weather conditions. From pop culture movies like The Day After Tomorrow, to the tireless work of advocates like Al Gore, the discussion around climate change has often focused on...

Most scientists agree, and most Americans now concur, that climate change is real and could pose devastating consequences for our nation and our children's future. Last week, our research team released a report revealing an equally real and urgent problem: the "Climate Gap" -- the often hidden and unequal harm...