
USC celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Students, faculty, staff and community members come together to recognize the life and legacy of the civil rights leader.
Students, faculty, staff and community members come together to recognize the life and legacy of the civil rights leader.
USC experts examine the civil rights leader’s life and legacy amid protests for racial justice and riots aimed at disrupting democracy.
Americans’ life expectancy at birth is projected to shorten by 1.13 years, the largest single-year decline in at least four decades, according to USC researchers.
The civil rights leader visited USC and its surrounding neighborhoods throughout the late ’50s and ’60s in his quest to improve the lives of Black Americans.
Floyd’s death forced the issue of racial inequality to the forefront — and sparked a new student-athlete activism organization at USC. Listen as Trojans including athletic standouts Anna Cockrell and Amon-Ra St. Brown share their stories.
USC students talk about which labels they prefer, the stories behind them and the significance of self-identifying the way they do.
Noemi Perez uses her USC Gould law education to link predominantly African American sorority Zeta Phi Beta and the National Parks Service.
ARTS Justice, co-founded by USC Gould student Sophie Sylla and recent grad Erika Ingram, looks to support local Black and Latinx students by distributing free art kits.
A new USC report found evidence of overpolicing along with a steady increase in 911 calls by community members to law enforcement agencies over much of the past decade.
A USC public policy expert shares his research on what employers can do to help overcome the barriers associated with arrests and the stigma of incarceration.
Trojan communication pros are using an expanding repertoire of tools and media platforms to bear witness to those experiences and push for positive change.
Listen in as Wanda Austin — Carol L. Folt’s predecessor in USC’s top job — and John Slaughter, former leader of Occidental College and the University of Maryland, share their experiences and thoughts about what’s ahead.
As marches against police brutality and systemic racism continue across the United States, USC experts predict what the responses from Donald Trump and Joe Biden will mean in November.
Listen in as Professors Stacey Finley and Timothy Pinkston describe their groundbreaking journeys.
Former Mellon Mays scholar Amaka Okechukwu reflects on poetry, social justice and the uncertain future for diversity in higher education.
Licensed and unlicensed cannabis retailers often set up shop in neighborhoods with higher proportions of Hispanic and Black residents, a new USC study finds.
Even though her USC journey has just begun, Natalie Battiest already understands the value of embracing her heritage.
With the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification approaching, USC professors share their thoughts on the state of voting rights in 2020.
USC Dornsife historian and poet Adrian De Leon traces the histories of the Filipino diaspora across continents all the while exploring the meaning of home.
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.