KPCC-FM interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the potential impact of San Francisco’s CAREN Act, which gives the targets of racist 9-1-1 calls the right to sue the caller. “There are real risks that are generated by false reports to the police about blacks.” Listen here
Los Angeles Times featured LaVonna Lewis of the USC Price School on California’s plan to test FDA-approved vaccines. “Trusted agents make a difference. If I don’t trust the messenger, then it’s very difficult for me to believe the message. Trying to find ways to again restore some confidence in the Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the negative community impact of hunting for crimes during routine stops. “It really robs people of their full participation in core community activities. It starts to make second-class citizens out of people in stereotyped groups.” Full article here
Los Angeles Times quoted Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center and Gary Painter of the USC Price School on the impact Prop. 21 may have on lower-income residents. “You have these places being vacated and you have rents falling very rapidly.” Full article here
LAist quoted Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center and Gary Painter of the USC Price School along with Jennifer Ito of the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. “Retail is barely hanging on now. I think that [Prop 15] would be a problem.” Full article here
NPR featured Ange-Marie Hancock-Alfaro of the USC Dornsife College on how President Trump is using race to divide the electorate. “Part of the strategy is to create enough chaos and confusion and to create enough anger, frankly, in his base that they will make sure that they continue to kind Read more…
Los Angeles Daily News featured research from the USC Price School’s Center for Social Innovation and the USC Safe Communities Institute on the relationship between L.A. communities of color and the police. Additional coverage was found on NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV, Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV and KNX 1070 AM. “Building trust Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on domestic hate groups and the heightened risk of violence leading up to Election Day. “We have a challenge here going forward, to reduce the risk of them engaging and going operational, as has been suggested Read more…
The Washington Post (via The Associated Press) quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on claims of self-defense from drivers who ran over protestors. “What you have is bookend cases to compare when two alleged perpetrators can each claim some kind of self defense or duress as an excuse Read more…
MEL Magazine featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on why body cams will not eliminate police brutality. “Breonna wasn’t killed by the absence of a body cam. She was killed by the bad legal precedent and bad police policy. As long as the law allows them to do Read more…
Niskanen Center published a blog co-authored by Jeffery A. Jenkins about ending the filibuster. “Typically, the filibuster is described as a tool of the minority party, obstructing majority-rule, or “majoritarian” policy-making. Yet, we can flip this framing around and see that, sometimes, the filibuster serves a majoritarian function, and has Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the lack of charges against the officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor. He was also interviewed on Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV, LAist and Insider. “And when we see that sometimes the Read more…
San Francisco Chronicle quoted Christian Grose and Norbert Schwarz of the USC Dornsife College on how voters will respond to the political fallout following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “Senators can take contrary positions to what some voters want, but if they are able to explain that change of Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Frank Zerunyan of the USC Price School on the growing criticisms surrounding L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva. “Both sides are doubling down and the political rhetoric is taking over,” said Frank Zerunyan, a professor on the practice of governance at USC. “The sheriff feels very strongly Read more…
KNX 1070 AM interviewed Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center on options for homeowners with federally backed mortgages who are at risk of foreclosure. “It is a really good program and it is really disturbing that not everyone has taken advantage of it who might.” Listen here
Spectrum News 1 featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on his new book and the complicated history of Black people dividing themselves as us-versus-them. “The heart of Black Lives Matter is a rejection of respectability politics. What BLM says is, a lot of these victims, you’re putting them on Read more…
KPCC-FM interviewed Ange-Marie Hancock-Alfaro of the USC Dornsife College on the groups for and against California’s Proposition 15 on property taxes. “One explanation could be the generation gap between different groups.” Listen here
Spectrum News 1 featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on his new book and the history of racist language deployed against Black people. “What makes so many people who aren’t Black feel like they have a license to use the word is because Blacks use the word in Read more…
KPCC-FM interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on his new book that explores race, justice, policing and the law. “Jody talks about some of the major themes he explores in his new book, including critical race theory, criminal justice reform, why he chose the title he did and how Read more…
Los Angeles Daily News quoted Erroll Southers of the USC Price School. “The militia are walking down the street deciding they’re going to be the police now. The police should do the policing.” Full article here
CNN featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on the increasing risk of street violence following the upcoming presidential election. “We’ve seen, over the last several weeks, militias and vigilantes coming out now to monitor these protests. That’s an activity that is illegal in the United States,” he said. Read more…
CALmatters quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the lack of meaningful police reforms enacted by California lawmakers. “We wag our fingers piously at protesters and tell them to cast a ballot, just go vote, that’s more productive and reasonable to get what you want in the way Read more…
KNX 1070 AM featured research by Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center on L.A. County tenants’ ability to pay rent amid the pandemic. “One of the main concerns among landlords at the beginning of the pandemic was that tenants weren’t going to pay their rent if they knew they Read more…
L.A. Weekly highlighted an upcoming conversation on Sunday, Aug. 30, with Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the criminal justice system and racial oppression in America. “Professor Armour argues, “it can signal a rejection of respectability politics, promote political solidarity with violent Black criminals, and spark a revolution Read more…
CW News Los Angeles affiliate KTLA-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the protests that have resumed across the country after the shooting of Jacob Blake. “It just seems like we’re stuck in this racial injustice Groundhog Day,” he said. Full broadcast here