By SELENA NG Originally posted by The Daily Trojan, March 26, 2015 The Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise hosted a panel discussion on the government and nonprofit sector efforts in revitalizing the Los Angeles River on Thursday night. The panelists in attendance discussed the various projects involved Read more…
Students Talk Back: A Politics and Public Policy Forum Our friends at the Unruh Institute are focusing on poverty issues in this week’s Students Talk Back series: The War on Poverty: 50 Years and Fighting Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Featuring: Reed Galen, Owner, Jedburghs, LLC Angelica Solis, Director of Community Development, Read more…
by Nathaniel Haas originally published by the Daily Trojan on September 22, 2013 Famed statistician Nate Silver spoke to students and faculty in Bovard Auditorium on Friday morning in a presentation titled “Baseball and Politics are Data Driven.” Silver’s presentation was the first in a yearlong series of events made Read more…
Geoffrey Baum, managing director of USC Annenberg’s Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) discusses the Presidential election following the Super Tuesday primaries and the unique dynamic between the candidates and the news media in this year’s election.
Road to the White House Recession & Recovery: How will the economy shape election 2012? Featuring: Michael Davidson, Chief Executive Officer for Gen Next Sam Garrison, Former Vice President of Public Policy for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Alex Davidson, Director of External Relations for the USC College Republicans Read more…
How Populist Movements Shape American Politics
Tea Partiers and Occupiers are at opposite ends of the political spectrum, yet they both embrace the politics “of the people.” What effect will these populist movements have on the upcoming state, congressional and presidential races?
Speakers:
Reed Galen, Managing Director, Mercury Public Affairs
Shannon Murphy, Deputy Controller for Communications, LA City Controller Wendy Greuel
Dennis Su, College Republicans
Victoria Hallebo, Vice President, College Democrats
Voters are unhappy about the economy and Barack Obama is taking the brunt of it. But Americans don’t have much faith in the Republicans to make things better either. Who can emerge from the GOP primary to take on Obama?