About the chapter
Addressing issues distinct to the Los Angeles area, Los Angeles Unified SSN draws on faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students from the metropolitan region at institutions including USC, UCLA, Pomona, Occidental College, Loyola, and UC-Irvine. Los Angeles Unified SSN focuses primarily on labor and immigration, homelessness and urban poverty, and civic engagement and diversity.
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Latest Contributions
How to Revitalize America's Local Political Parties
SSN Strategy Brief,
Why "The Resistance" to the Trump Administration is Both Stronger and Weaker than It Seems
SSN Key Findings Brief,
The Continuing Problem of Police Violence — and the Potential for Community Based Reforms
SSN Basic Facts Brief,
The Root of America's Over-Use of Solitary Confinements in Prison — and How Reform Can Happen
SSN Key Findings Brief,
Latest in the News
"Why Jamal Khashoggi's Murder Took Place in a Consulate," Victoria Reyes, The Conversation, February 4, 2019.
Hunter Gehlbach's research on belief in science discussed in , "How to Convince a Conservative that Climate Change is Real," Pacific Standard, January 14, 2019.
"After a Century of Delays, the Senate Finally Votes to Outlaw Lynching," Peter Dreier, The Nation, January 2, 2019.
"Rose Parade Glitz Hides Pasadena Poverty and Inequality," Peter Dreier, Pasadena Star-News, January 1, 2019.
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