9/11 Truth by Peter J. Robertson March 15, 2015 There is a popular conspiracy theory that claims a group of nineteen radical Muslims, under the direction of a Saudi Arabian man hiding out in Afghanistan, nearly simultaneously hijacked four American airplanes and turned them towards their intended targets, with three of Read more…
by Patricia Quintero Estades I was born and raised in Puerto Rico and I grew up finding the showy, grand, and loud political campaigns of every election cycle normal. I grew accustomed to political campaigns that are unlike anything I have seen in mainland U.S., except in the context of rival Read more…
by Patricia Quintero Estades The Bedrosian Center recently sat down with one of our new faculty affiliates for this school-year year, Liz Falletta, to talk about her current research on design and multi-family housing in LA. Professor Falletta is a licensed architect who teaches design skills in both the urban planning and Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Paula Daniels has long been an advocate for environmental causes. Raised in Hawaii, Daniels has said she’s cared about water from a young age, and remembers learning about the importance of malama aina – stewardship of the land- from her grandfather. In a LA Weekly interview in 2012, Read more…
Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino shared her insights on advising the President, spotting trouble in advance and how government and business officials can better use the press to communicate with the public during her address at the Holt Distinguished Lecture hosted by the USC Price School of Public Read more…
by Justine Dodgen The Bedrosian Center welcomed several new faculty affiliates for the 2015-2016 school year- today, we’ve put Alex Graddy-Reed in the spotlight. Graddy-Reed is an Assistant Professor at the USC Price School where her research focuses on philanthropy, social innovation, and grantmakers’ strategies to be more outcome and impact Read more…
by Eliza Gallo New York is a city where real estate is a hot topic — particularly for the USC Price School of Public Policy alumni who live there, working in the public and private sectors to influence policy and shape the urban environment. These influential alums gathered on Oct. 22 Read more…
Perhaps no major city in the United States has faced more difficult economic challenges in recent years than Detroit. On Oct. 15, the USC Price School of Public Policy’s Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Athenian Society featured a conversation with Kevyn Orr, the man who led the revival of Read more…
by Patricia Quintero Estades On Tuesday October 20th we had the pleasure of hosting LA architect Michael Maltzan for our second Lunch with a Leader this semester. We were also lucky to have our own wonderful “architect-in-house” Professor Liz Falleta as our moderator. Mr. Maltzan walked us through some of his most impactful Read more…
originally posted on the USC Price website A worldwide growth in street vending has sparked controversies regarding the right to public space, arbitrary enforcement, right to livelihood, and treatment related to immigrants and race. As a result, a sometimes acrimonious debate has taken place among various stakeholders — including vendors, Read more…
The Judith and John Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise is pleased to announce the appointment of William T. (Bill) Fujioka as the newest member of the Board of Advisors. With over 40 years of experience in local government, Bill Fujioka brings a wealth of practical experience and Read more…
by Donnajean Ward I’ve written a lot about Detroit these past few months. It’s my home town so almost every media mention gets my click and it seems like everyone from Jamie Dimon to National Geographic has weighed in on its rise, its fall, its hipsterization… On Thursday, October 15 Read more…
by Robyn Burleson The Bedrosian Center’s Policy at the Playhouse initiative was formed last spring to highlight and encourage conversations about governance within the dramatic and artistic outlets in the community. On September 29, the Center traveled to the Pasadena Playhouse to lead a discussion about community, the immigrant experience, and women in the Read more…
by Patricia Quintero Estades Dana Perino served as the 27th White House Press Secretary from September 2007 to January 2009, under President George W. Bush, becoming the first Republican woman to hold the position. The Bedrosian Center is excited to welcome Ms. Perino for the next installment of the Holt Lecture Series Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Those who commute through downtown may have noticed the construction underway in the Arts District. The City of Los Angeles is busy creating alternative routes in preparation for the imminent rebuilding of the Sixth Street Viaduct, the iconic bridge in downtown L.A. that has been the backdrop of many Read more…
by Patricia Quintero Estades Last Tuesday September 22nd the Bedrosian Center welcomed Gloria Molina for our first Lunch with a Leader event of the school-year. USC students, faculty, and visitors had the opportunity to sit down for a lively and varied conversation with Molina, who, among other firsts, was the first Read more…
by Robyn Burleson On October 15, the Price community welcomes Kevyn Orr to campus as part of the Leading from the West speaker series, in partnership with the USC Price Athenian Society’s Dean’s Speaker Series. A litigator with over three decades of experience, Orr served as the Emergency Manager of the Read more…
by Donnajean Ward Last year the Bedrosian Center started a new initiative called Policy at the Playhouse as a way to discuss and explore public policy and governance through the lens of art and culture. Artists have often called out and wrestled with politics, leadership and pressing social issues in ways Read more…
by Justine Dodgen For anyone reading the news the past couple weeks, it has been hard to ignore the staggering and often heart wrenching news about the refugee* crisis facing the European Union as thousands of people seek asylum within its borders, many of them fleeing the war in Syria. In Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Described by Los Angeles Times writer Patt Morrison as “the famous feminist politician from East L.A., the career policymaker/politician who still feels like an outsider,” Gloria Molina holds many firsts in the Los Angeles political world. Molina was the first Latina elected to the California State Assembly, L.A. Read more…
by Donnajean Ward In May of this year, I accompanied a group of USC Price undergraduates to Detroit for a week to not only visit and view the oft-discussed decline and nascent revitalization of the city but to actually participate in moving forward a set of existing projects by partnering Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Our discussion of how race is depicted in media coverage of violent events continues. Today we hear from Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a Senior Fellow at USC Price and a long-time political analyst for NBC Los Angeles. Bebitch Jeffe lends us her perspective today as both faculty and a member of the media. Bedrosian Center: Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Our discussion of the prevalence of racial bias in how violence is portrayed in the media continues. Today’s response is from Professor Lisa Schweitzer, who specializes in urban studies, particularly empirical analysis of social justice, environment, and transport in cities. Bedrosian Center: What’s one thing we can do Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Today we’re continuing our discussion of how there is frequent evidence of racial bias in how violence is portrayed in the media. We have been asking faculty members to respond with their ideas for how we, as consumers of news or members of the media, can “do better” Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Last week, we introduced the topic of how there is frequent evidence of racial bias in how violence is portrayed in the media. We said that we would be asking faculty members to respond with their ideas for how we, as consumers of news or members of the Read more…