Robynn Cox believes her family’s history with social justice and her desire for fairness laid the groundwork for her research career at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
Despite a reputation of suffering from partisan gridlock, Congress is still creating laws and policy, writes a USC political science professor.
A lack of affordable housing and the resulting crowded apartments play a major role in L.A. County’s nearly 1.2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, USC experts say.
From increased density to neighborhood development, John Dutton of the USC School of Architecture predicts what Los Angeles will look like after the pandemic.
“Race, Racism and the Law” is a first-of-its-kind required course among top law schools.
Erroll Southers literally wrote the book on homegrown violent extremism. Now, he’s sharing his research with the world to help prevent another major riot on American soil.
While Nick Ciletti mans a news anchor desk 350 miles away from USC, he still feels “very much a part of the Trojan family” as a student in the online Master of Studies in Law program.
Deaths among ICE detainees increased sevenfold since April 2018 despite far fewer people being in custody, a USC study shows.
Led by noted civil rights attorney Olu Orange, the Agents of Change Initiative enables students to participate in key areas of social reform.
With COVID-19 spreading, unemployment rising and insurrection in our nation’s capital, the 46th president will have his work cut out for him. USC experts examine the many challenges Biden will face.
The progressive master’s student didn’t let the pandemic slow him down as he beat the odds to become the youngest council member in L.A. County.
USC’s Dwight Stirling explains why the law requires a service member to be out of uniform for at least seven years before assuming the civilian role of secretary of defense.
Researchers with the USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation say that rent-burdened households’ spending cutbacks have become semi-permanent changes, impacting their quality of life.
Perkins, who received both his master’s and his PhD from USC, also worked as a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Under certain circumstances the Electoral College system is four times more vulnerable to manipulation than a national popular vote, USC Dornsife’s Steven Heilman observes.
The septet of USC alumnae will take their place among a record number of women serving in the next U.S. legislature.
When his USC Dornsife class on political reform had to move online, Christian Grose arranged for exclusive guest speakers, including Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
Twenty-two years into a life sentence for a crime committed as a teen, a former gang member found hope with the help of USC legal advocates.
Pollsters’ predictions can be more accurate if they ask people about the political preferences of others in their social circles and their states. That could help paint a fuller picture of the American electorate.
Reform expert Tatiana Melguizo discusses community college legislation.
With Kamala Harris poised to become vice president, almost half of California voters want someone with no experience in Washington or Sacramento to fill the Senate vacancy, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute’s latest poll finds.
Many leaders have invoked God to justify their policies and cement their power. While Ronald Reagan was more successful than most, USC Annenberg’s Diane Winston notes that Donald Trump uses a similar strategy.
Six out of 10 women voters say they will vote for Biden, and voters without a college degree are split between Biden and Trump. The president has lost ground among these groups and others since 2016.
Projects will help L.A. County tally votes and assist county election offices in 10 states with the placement of voting locations.