Mt. Saint Mary’s Emerald Archer Examines the Advancement of Women in the Workplace
By Katrina Soriano PSR and the USC Bedrosian Center teamed up on August 11, 2019 to bring Dr. Emerald Archer to USC to address the challenges facing the women in the workplace. Archer, the director for the Center for the Advancement of Women in Mount Saint Mary’s University, shared that Read more…
On the Basis of Sex (dir. Mimi Leder)
October 2018 brought us RBG, the documentary about the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Now we have On the Basis of Sex, a biopic starring Felicity Jones as this iconic leader in the fight for gender equality and justice under the law. The film is directed by Mimi Leder. Read more…
PIPE* Workshop: Ben Newman, UCR
“Uncovering Discrimination in the Policing of Anti-Immigrant Hate Crime” With an increase in ethnically motivated hate crime, we explore the issue of the rigor in which law enforcement agencies police potential hate crime activity. We conducted a large-scale field experiment on roughly 6,800 police departments throughout the United States to test for Read more…
Supreme Court Sides With Baker In Narrow Decision on Same-Sex Wedding Cake Case
CBS News Los Angeles affiliate KCAL-TVinterviewed Jody Armourof the USC Gould School about the Supreme Court’s ruling in a lawsuit alleging discrimination by a business against a same-sex couple who asked for a wedding cake. Jody Armour says the ruling of the Supreme Court does open up a bigger question: Read more…
Acolin, Bostic, Painter publish new article in Journal of Urban Economics
Arthur Acolin, Raphael Bostic, and Gary Painter have published a paper in the Journal of Economics which tests for discrimination in the rental housing market against names which are recognized as belonging to specific immigrant groups. Acolin, Arthur; Bostic, Raphael; Painter, Gary. (9/2016) A field study of rental market discrimination across origins Read more…
Acolin, Bostic, Painter publish new article in Journal of Urban Economics
Arthur Acolin, Raphael Bostic, and Gary Painter have published a paper in the Journal of Economics which tests for discrimination in the rental housing market against names which are recognized as belonging to specific immigrant groups.
The LGBT Experience at Home in America
by Raphael Bostic When people talk about home, usually they have in mind the place where they cook their food, store their belongings, relax and recover from the day’s activities, bathe, and lay their heads to sleep. But for many, this isn’t right. For them, home is quite a different thing. Read more…