USC Dornsife News

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.

In foreign affairs, the national security adviser plays a coordinating role, setting the flow of recommendations to the National Security Council and the president, explains Gregory Treverton of political science and international relations.

Nuclear experts from the US and Iran are due to meet in Oman. The turn to diplomacy indicates Trump is erring against reviving a maximum pressure strategy with Tehran.

Their lives were thrown into chaos when they decided to travel to England to establish trade relations – but got sold into slavery along the way.

Create a moral panic. Blame it on certain people. Commence monitoring. Deploy droves of security agents. Detain or remove the targets. Sound familiar?

Descendants of survivors helped researchers identify 279 deportees and tell their stories, giving victims a voice, writes Wolf Gruner of USC Dornsife’s Center for Advance Genocide Research.

The climate policy pendulum is swinging back again with Trump in office. Money, lobbying and talking about red vs. blue states all play a role in the political and public divide.