June 17, 2020

DEFUNDING THE POLICE IS THE ONLY SOLUTION. THE LAST DECADE IS PROOF.

MEL Magazine featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the call to defund the police. He was also featured in CNET on how videos of brutality changed our…

June 11, 2020

Police Reform

October 23, 2018

Bipartisan politics takes center stage

Two former Congressmen discussed opportunities for bipartisan leadership and how to build political consensus. By: Yuming Fang Originally posted at USC Annenberg Media, October 22 at 5:12 PM Two men who…

November 23, 2015

Is Heroin Abuse the Next Major Public Health Crisis Facing the U.S.?

by Robyn Burleson Heroin abuse is one of the major public health and governance crises facing the United States today, and political leaders are urging innovative action plans to reduce…

April 20, 2015

Courting Justice in California

by Jeremy Loudenback Aside from robust voter turnout in last week’s city election, the most positive result of protests in Ferguson over policing practices may be attention to inequities in other…

March 29, 2012

Special Interest Politics

In a campaign season dominated by Super PACS and a political culture in which money and lobbyists seem to rule, what role do special interests play in our political system? Join a panel of experts including Jack Abramoff, former Republican lobbyist, newly-turned ethics watchdog, and author of Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption from America’s Most Notorious Lobbyist, and Bob Hertzberg, former Speaker of the California State Assembly and Co-Chair of reform group California Forward, to discuss the impact of special interests in politics and the presidential campaign.

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