NPR featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the efforts to unseat Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey. “Her strongest critics are also Black women. And so there’s growing…
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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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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”…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…