Allen, Celia and Charles all received life sentences for crimes they committed as teens and spent 84 years combined in prison. Through their dedication and the project’s advocacy, they are now free.
According to USC’s ongoing coronavirus study, the pandemic has increased the perceived value of a college education among students of color while also likely reducing their course loads.
The law professor makes a forceful case for change with regard to mass incarceration and systemic racism.
In two weeks, the USC Viterbi engineering society Theta Tau raised more than $12,000 to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
The USC alum and NFL offensive tackle spoke out in support of the Jewish community in a video on Twitter that has been viewed more than 700,000 times.
The form of observing, which documents human rights injustices against Black people, dates back to the days of Frederick Douglass, notes USC Annenberg’s Allissa Richardson.
To encourage civic engagement among young adults and minorities, USC’s Mindy Romero aims to make it easier to cast a ballot.
The Physician-Citizen-Scholar curriculum will be implemented in fall 2021 with the Class of 2025.
Colin Roedl — a college-bound student who lives in Germany — presses forward during a wildly different summer session at USC, seeing opportunity in a time of upheaval.
About 1 in 3 Black, Asian and Latino people have experienced at least one incident of COVID-19 discrimination, according to an ongoing national COVID-19 attitudes study from USC Dornsife. Incidents include being threatened or receiving poor service at restaurants or stores.
Several years ago, L.A. artist Eric Junker created two pieces of art with simple, straightforward messages. In 2020, those messages ring truer than ever.
Through Instagram, Google Docs and a website, Autumn Gupta and Bryanna Wallace are offering ways for people to educate themselves about racism and white privilege.
The LAPD reserve officer and USC radiation oncology specialist talks about combating racism as a society.
Professors, administrators and students all shared words of remembrance and personal stories at the university’s inaugural Juneteenth event.
The online gathering will include student tributes, artistic performances and other celebrations of Black heritage.
Channing Godfrey Peoples MFA ’11 talks about the responsibility borne by Black artists, storytellers and creators today and the power of speaking your truth.
This year, the celebration of emancipation comes amid protests that beg the question: How far has America really come since 1865?
Adrian De Leon, a USC assistant professor of American Studies and ethnicity, notes that the prevailing narrative about Asian Americans was one of the “model minority.”
Researchers at the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research have found that unfair treatment against certain groups is more likely amid the global health crisis.
Worried about serious conditions like melanoma among older Hispanics, researchers and student volunteers teach the importance of sun protection to children in Los Angeles schools.
USC researchers have found that Americans’ tolerance for harmful and undermining racist speech has declined, particularly among younger people, liberals and the college educated.
USC Dornsife senior JaBrea Patterson-West changed her major — and her life’s trajectory — to support underrepresented artists, earning a prestigious fellowship in the process.
After the explosive impact of #MeToo, concerns about the #ChurchToo movement have inspired USC Dornsife’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture to assist in reshaping the patriarchal culture of the African American church.
A new USC study finds that viewing violent videos of police shootings may be harmful to the mental health of adolescents of color.