Democracy isn’t a state of being, it is a process. To be democratic, to live in democracy, is to participate boldly with our neighbors in governance. What we saw this…
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A new dollar store will open up every six hours nationwide this year. There’s already more dollar stores in the U.S. than Walmarts and McDonalds combined. This unprecedented growth is threatening the very communities that rely on them.
by Olivia Olson Absentee ballots are bubbled in with a flourish. Crowds emerge from local polling places, flashing selfies of the “I voted” stickers that peel from their sweaters. Snapchat stories,…
Cisionquoted LaVonna Lewisof the USC Price School on a project that will provide a platfrom for shared learning and understanding between students and communities in Los Angeles. During the first…
What is authenticity in a community? What is an authentic community? In a world which never stops changing, growing, evolving … how can planners take up the challenge of authenticity?…
Boston Heraldquoted Jeffery Jenkinsof the USC Price School about opposition to a local ordinance that would allow non-citizens to vote. “Republicans would never be for it. So that would definitely…
by Anthony Orlando If the old saying is true that “life is a journey, not a destination,” then it stands to reason that the way we travel matters a great deal.…
Los Angeles Daily News highlighted a partnership between the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School, USC Price School and Los Angeles Police Department on a project to educate officers on how to handle…
By Emily Lieb What’s in a neighborhood? Scholars (and realtors) agree: Where a person lives determines how much access to opportunity she has. Good schools, safe streets, high-quality housing that…
Lunch with a Leader provides students, faculty, and members of the public the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders, share their own ideas, and gain inspiration for…
In an article about HUD’s new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, which reaffirms the tenets of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, Bedrosian Center Director Raphael Bostic is optimistic that community…
“You can be affected by a person because of something particular they said or did but sometimes how a person was, a manner of being, that gets most deeply absorbed,…