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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"From Their Use in Businesses to Political Campaigns, We Look at the Phenomenon of Paid Protesters," Edward Walker, Interview with Larry Mantle, "AirTalk", October 31, 2018.
Edward Walker quoted in James Rufus Koren, "Paid Protesters? They're Real — and a Beverly Hills Firm that Hires Them Stands Accused of Extortion in a Lawsuit" Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2018.
Manuel Pastor's research on rising rent prices in California discussed in , "Debt of a Salesman: Why the Cost of Living is Making Retirement a Mirage," Fast Company, December 3, 2018.
Matto Mildenberger's research on climate communication discussed in , "The Psychology of Climate Change: Why People Deny the Evidence," CBC, December 2, 2018.
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