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A review of nearly 100 years of high school yearbooks from Salinas High School in California showcases a nostalgic, not always accurate, version of high school.
Emerging from a swirl of sonic influences, reggaeton began as Panamanian protest music long before Puerto Rican artists turned the genre into a global phenomenon.
‘Cultural Catholics’ who rarely attend Mass now make up half of the church in the United States, explains Maureen Day of USC Dornsife’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture.
USC Dornsife study finds that as of 2019, more than 1.4 million children have lost a family member to a drug overdose, with younger children increasingly affected.
Klein’s work spanned many decades and encompassed 18 books on gang dynamics, intervention and prevention as well as juvenile delinquency.
New USC Dornsife-led research reveals that the nation’s marginalized groups face greater health risks from daily temperature variations than wealthier white populations.
The assistant professor of sociology plans to focus her fellowship on tackling societal challenges through a nationwide study of truth and reconciliation practices.
USC Dornsife’s Brittany Friedman co-leads the creation of the Captive Money Lab and an analysis of the relationship between the prison system, politics and state finances.
Remembering H. Edward Ransford, sociologist and pioneering race relations expert who led influential research on the 1965 Watts Riots and taught for four decades at USC.
