USC Dornsife News

For Americans who do not follow evangelical Christian media, James Dobson may not have been a household name. Yet the views he promoted shaped US society for more than 50 years.

Trump’s efforts haven’t sunk global efforts to fight climate change — instead, new leaders are stepping up and working together, even within the US.

Whether artificial intelligence can ‘think’ is a different question than whether it is ‘intelligent,’ explains Ryan Leak of The Writing Program at USC Dornsife.

Swaggart’s calls for a return to conservative Christian norms live on in today’s world of tradwives, limited access to abortion and calls to repeal gay marriage, writes a scholar of religion.

Negotiations are possible between the US and Iran, but they will neither be easy nor likely to produce more than limited outcomes.

Nonproliferation experts believe Iraq’s nuclear program went underground after Israel destroyed its reactor just outside Baghdad.

The prevailing politics of resentment echo the colonial period in the US, a time when grievances ignited anger and violence.

Rejection can feel physically painful. It also provides a lesson for your brain on whom to connect with and how.

‘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.