April 11, 2008
With Tax Day upon us, Morley Winograd of the USC Marshall School analyzes the candidates’ tax plans. Obama focuses on fixing economic inequality among Americans — an approach the younger generation is hungry to hear. Clinton, whose campaign finds strong support among the wealthy, treads carefully. And McCain sides with the supply-siders.
March 14, 2008
In a presentation held at USC, policy experts argue that election year discourse must include strategies for the nation’s ever expanding metro areas.
February 29, 2008
Eager to embrace and reform institutions, young voters are excited not just by Obama but by the whole campaign, according to USC College professor Donald Miller.
January 25, 2008
As California voters head to the polls on Tsunami Tuesday, they'll decide on more than just presidential candidates. They will face a slew of ballot measures this year, weighing issues ranging from gambling to education spending. USC's John Matsusaka offers an overview.
January 11, 2008
Golden silence: Our foreign policy may improve if certain issues aren’t discussed on the campaign trail, argues scholar Abraham Lowenthal.
December 7, 2007
Voters in six states decided on 34 ballot propositions last month, approving 79 percent. USC's Initiative and Referendum Institute suggests that the wave of citizen-initiated legislation won't ebb anytime soon.
November 1, 2007
Voters in six states will vote on 33 ballot propositions in November 2007. This is less activity than in November 2005, the last off-year election, in which voters decided 39 measures in seven states, and far below the 204 propositions in 37 states in November 2006.
June 13, 2007
As the U.S. Supreme Court heads into the final month of its term, it is expected to deliver several key decisions. The most anticipated include cases addressing race in public schools, free speech and campaign spending.
March 5, 2007
Turned off by rhetoric, two USC College students bridge politics and academia by creating a new Web site. —By Wayne Lewis
February 13, 2007
Professor Dowell Myers Talks About His Book in the State's Capital.
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