San Diego State University was rocked by a sexual misconduct controversy in 2022. Photo: Pablo Mason Photography, courtesy of SDSU. I spearheaded investigations that uncovered systemic breakdowns in how complaints of sexual misconduct were handled by the nation's largest four-year public university system. The reporting led to reforms and a state...

It's impossible to to talk about Latino leadership in Southern California without discussing Cal State LA and its role in the struggle for equity and inclusion. (Photo: Dolores Huerta at Cal State LA to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Department of Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies. Credit: J. Emilio Flores/Cal State...

In 1968, thousands of Chicano high students walked out of classes in Los Angeles to protest inequity and injustice as part of a civil rights movement that would result in profound change. (Photo: Raul Ruiz)...

The day after President Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union address, I appeared on KCRW public radio with Jonathan Blitzer of the New Yorker magazine to talk about the MS-13 street gang. During his Jan. 30 address, Trump mentioned MS-13 four times, talking about a heinous slaying of two teenage girls by gang members on Long Island and claiming that the group has taken advantage of loopholes in the immigration system.