Journalists from broadcast, cable, print, and online sources turn to Bedrosian faculty and student researchers for their expertise, as resources to inform complex policy issues. Here are links to some of the pieces in which our faculty are quoted.
Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on suggestions to redesign the American flag. The American flag has become more and more inclusive over time. It started out being very exclusionary, only applying to white men. Blacks were not part of the American flag. Read more…
Spectrum News 1 featured the USC Price School’s Safe Communities Institute’s Director, Erroll Southers and the development of the LEWIS Registry. This registry is a national database will track police misconduct and provide departments with analytics. The LEWIS Registry will launch beta tests for law enforcement later this year and Read more…
CBS News Los Angeles affiliate KCBS-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the new law that makes Juneteenth a federal holiday. Armour was also interviewed live on KNBC Today in LA and KTTV Good Day in L.A. “Some people think it’s hollow symbolism, but it’s really very Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the successful vote to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. “The concern is that this may be just hollow symbolism, and we should not settle for mere symbolism at the expense of substantive change.” Jody Armour Tweet Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the history and significance of the Juneteenth holiday. “You can mark and trace the occasion [Juneteenth] to Texas, to a southern state. And it is Texas slaves, who weren’t any longer slaves, they were free, but Read more…
USC Academic Senate recently presented Professor Jody Armour with the 2021 Walter Wolf Award for Defense of Academic Freedom and Faculty Rights. The award is given to a USC faculty member for their defense and advocacy of academic freedom or other manifestations of social conscience, through distinguished faculty service, teaching, scholarship or Read more…
The New York Times quoted Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center on why a lack of affordable housing is likely the main culprit for people leaving California. “Overwhelmingly, the people who have left California have been those who make $50,000 a year or less, while until recently, we still Read more…
Erroll Southers was interviewed on KPCC-FM on the Price School’s new nationwide police misconduct registry. “The LEWIS registry stands for Law Enforcement Work Inquiry System and is named after the late U.S. Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. It’s launching later this year and will allow people to find Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on the investigation into the mass shooting in San Jose “They’ll be looking for a lot of forensic information regarding the weapon he used. But more importantly, the majority of the real important information as to the why Read more…
Millions of us watched the videos of George Floyd’s murder. But we didn’t all see the same things, and part of the reason is empathy. NPR spoke with Jody Armour, USC Gould School of Law. “I saw an outpouring of empathy and sympathy for the excruciating death of George Floyd. Read more…
Jody Armour interviewed by A. Martinez of KPCC’s Take Two at the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s death by a police officer. “Even if there was a complete repeal of qualified immunity, it would not necessarily address the deep rooted problem that activists have been getting at in the Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV and Los Angeles Magazine featured the USC Price School’s Safe Communities Institute and its development of a national registry to track police misconduct go to another department. “We’re only focused on officers that have been terminated or resigned due to misconduct so they can’t go to another Read more…
Jody Armour highlighted as part of the ongoing “Rising Up” docuseries on Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV. From local politicians to civil rights leaders, social justice activists, police officers, and the journalists who covered 2020’s social justice movement, find out who’s who in the Rising Up documentary. Meet those Read more…
Bedrosian Center celebrates the graduation of two assistants who graduated May 18, 2021. We celebrate them for their commitment to our Center during these past 14 months of working & learning from home with us. Congratulations to Katie Bonnett and Chrysa Perakis!! We’ve always been lucky to work with fantastic, Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the legalities surrounding a woman who unleashed a racist tirade during a traffic stop. “It assumes that you know what the motivations of this particular [deputy] are.” Full article here
Fox News featured Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College on top Democrats backing Gov. Gavin Newsom against the recall effort. “He wants to make this recall about Democrats. And he’s the Democrat and he needs help from Democrats. He needs help if this becomes about him.” Full video here
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the likelihood of a successful appeal in the Derek Chauvin trial. “He may have a case. Cases like this really test what it means to us as a nation when we say, ‘Everyone is presumed innocent Read more…
Jody Armour was interviewed live on KNBC News on what’s next for Black Lives Matter. “You judge a tree by the fruit it bears. You look at the fact that they [BLM] brought up a generational upheaval. They’ve been successful at galvanizing an inter-ethnic, multiracial movement.” Jody Armour Tweet Read Read more…
KPCC-FM interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the potential impact of a proposed FDA ban on menthol cigarettes. “Here, you know by criminalizing the sale of these kinds of cigarettes . . . you create an elicit market[.]” Listen here
CBS News featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on what may need to happen to reform the justice system. “The activists in the streets over the summer were roiling for six weeks in a row, day in and day out. What they demanded, and what I think we’re coming Read more…
Spectrum News 1 featured Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College on what it means for California to lose a seat in the House of Representatives. “One less district means a little bit less spending that will be directed toward California.”
Jody Armour wrote an op-ed in the Los Angeles Daily News on the consequences of a menthol cigarette ban on communities of color. “I oppose menthol cigarette bans, for one thing, because they are a modern, progressive effort that too closely resembles last century’s failed logic behind alcohol prohibition and Read more…
NBC News featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on attempts to stall or even recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. “When he changes the policy in the office, to have him then recalled for doing what he was elected to do would be perverse, and it Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center on rising home prices in Southern California. “[F]alling mortgage rates during the pandemic enabled buyers to bid up the prices of homes while keeping monthly payments roughly the same.” Full article here
CBS News Los Angeles affiliate KCBS-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the aftermath of the Derek Chauvin verdict. He was also quoted in The Washington Post and interviewed on NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV, Spectrum News 1, LAist, KCRW-FM, KPCC-FM and The Nation. “Do we see [the verdict] Read more…