Manuel Pastor
Manuel Pastor is the director of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California, specializing in the intersection of race, class, and economic opportunity. His research emphasizes the importance of addressing systemic disparities in access to education and employment for minorities. Pastor advocates for policies that promote equity, arguing that failing to support diversity initiatives could lead to wasted talent and hinder the nation's economic growth.
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The Voting Right Act was passed … to unrig the electoral rules of the game; now we see the South rise again to embrace old habits of suppressing minority voices in the political process.
Tuesday’s elections may leave America more divided than ever. Here’s why
United States· 2025-11-02
Pastor noted that the sense of Trump as an existential threat to Black and Latino communities just wasn’t there in 2024.
Why working-class people of color may determine MAGA’s political futureUnited States· 2025-06-01
Manuel Pastor was pulling a shopping trolley homewards, having bought some tins in preparation for the outage.
In Madrid, electricity outages can’t hold a candle to people power | Spain
United Kingdom· 2025-04-28
Manuel Pastor, director of the Equity Research Institute at USC, agreed that Trump’s gains with minority voters came in part because diversity programs in education and employment don’t always reach working-class people of color.
The real obstacle for Trump’s campaign against DEI isn’t Democrats. It’s demographyUnited States· 2025-02-14
