Politics

As the United States exerts growing pressure on Mexico, USC Dornsife political scientist Pamela Starr, author of The Making of Mexico, explains what Americans often misunderstand about the country next door and why the relationship matters.

Faculty

Filmmakers tap USC College historian María Elena Martínez for guidance on a PBS documentary exploring the first century after the Old World encountered the New World. Martínez also appears in the film to air Sept. 27.

Faculty

María Elena Martínez’s new book — analyzing the way in which the Spanish purity of blood concept shaped patriotic and racial ideologies in colonial Mexico — wins top awards from the American Historical Association.