Newsroom

June 10, 2020

The Pacific Council has launched a new platform for our member-written commentary and analysis. We are unveiling the Pacific Council Magazine, where you can find pieces written by our members on local-to-global topics, plus member spotlights and recaps and recordings from our events. Bookmark the new Pacific Council Magazine at pacificcouncil.online.

All previously published Newsroom articles are available below in the Newsroom Archive.

Please note that all upcoming events will still appear at our main website, pacificcouncil.org, or by visiting the Activities menu above.

May 20, 2021

CONTINUING OUR COLLABORATION ON FOREIGN REPORTING WITH USC

September 17, 2020

A GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA'S LOCAL-TO-GLOBAL BALLOT MEASURES

May 6, 2019

My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

Read an excerpt from Souad Mekhennet’s book I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad ahead of her keynote address at the Global LA Summit.

May 3, 2019

LA Times’ Efforts to Keep Up in a Changing Landscape

Pacific Council members recently visited the Los Angeles Times headquarters and met with senior editorial officials.

May 3, 2019

Director Spotlight: Maria Salinas

Newly appointed member of the Pacific Council’s Board of Directors and President and CEO of the LA Area Chamber of Commerce Maria Salinas recently spoke to the Pacific Council about Los Angeles’ global influence, expanding access to diverse voices in the public and private sector, and her vision as a new Council Director.

May 2, 2019

Council President Accepts World Trade Week Commerce Award

On Thursday, May 2, Pacific Council President and CEO Jerry Green accepted the Stanley T. Olafson Bronze Plaque Award at the 2019 World Trade Week Kick-off Breakfast in Downtown LA. Presented by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce since 1933, the award honors a member of the international trade community whose outstanding dedication, efforts, and achievements in the field have advanced global trade in the Southern California region.

May 1, 2019

The United States Should Stand Firm in Western Hemisphere

The United States should stand firm in the Western Hemisphere and assert its interests in Venezuela’s political outcome, writes Omar Qudrat.

April 29, 2019

Central American Migration Surge Overwhelming U.S. Border

An unprecedented surge in family unit migration from Central America is overwhelming U.S. border agencies and immigration system and endangering children, according to a report by the Homeland Security Advisory Council authored by Robert C. Bonner, James R. Jones, and Karen Tandy.

April 26, 2019

Beyond the Delegation: Member Aaron Brooks on El Paso

The binational community of El Paso and Juárez offers unique perspectives on art and immigration, writes Aaron Brooks.

April 24, 2019

Irish Border and Trade Are Sticking Points in Brexit Talks

Options are dwindling and time is running out for the United Kingdom to negotiate a deal to leave the European Union, experts told Pacific Council members in a teleconference on Brexit.

April 22, 2019

US Policy on China: The Need for Pressure & Multilateralism

U.S. policy toward China should strongly emphasize pressure and deterrence, while acting multilaterally rather than unilaterally, experts said in the second installment of the Edgerton Series on Responding to a Rising China.

April 19, 2019

Europe Is Right: Social Media Orgs Should Pay to Use Content

Just as the U.S. digital copyright law inspired Europe to adopt safe harbors for online companies in the earliest days of the internet, Europe’s new copyright law may inspire Washington to rethink how and how much creative professionals are paid—including by social media titans—in a vastly different and richer digital economy, writes Justin Hughes in the Los Angeles Times.

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