USC Dornsife News

Launched early in the pandemic, the Dornsife Dialogues virtual event series — which features USC scholars and other experts engaged in fascinating live discussions — remains enormously popular.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced that Russia will no longer participate in the New START, the last remaining nuclear weapons agreement between the U.S. and Russia.

Russia’s refusal to allow the U.S. to inspect its nuclear arsenal could reignite pressure for the U.S. to develop new nuclear weapons.

Conservatives have a long history of contorting the words of Martin Luther King Jr. to further their own political goals which often were at odds with King’s vision of a colorblind society.

It’s Election Day, you go to vote — and you’re told you’re not registered or you’re not eligible to vote. A civil rights lawyer provides a guide for how to respond.

Every citizen has the right to vote. But various characteristics and legal requirements affect how likely any one person is to actually cast a ballot.

Though Americans widely support teaching K-12 students about slavery and racial inequality, most don’t want books with LGBTQ themes made available in schools, according to a new report from USC Dornsife and USC Rossier researchers.

Controversy of veils goes back more than a century, a USC Dornsife scholar of Iran explains the history and current circumstances behind the recent protests.

Tactical nuclear weapons were designed to be used on the battlefield rather than for strategic defense, but that doesn’t mean there’s a plausible case for using them.