How We Got the Story: Geoffrey Cowan Facilitates Conversation with the LA Times about the former Keck Medicine Dean

Four months after the former dean of USC’s medical school was found to have been using drugs and keeping company with prostitutes and criminals, the Los Angeles Times reporters who broke the story visited the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism to talk about their reporting, as well as the broader impact of investigative journalism….

Ambassador Thomas Pickering, CCLP, and the Iran Nuclear Deal

In 2015, the U.S. and other world powers reached a deal with Iran to curb the country’s nuclear ambitions — but nine months into his presidency, President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to drop out of the agreement that was a hallmark of his predecessor’s legacy. On Oct. 25, Ambassador Thomas Pickering visited USC to…

Election Day 2017: Partisan politics take center stage at CCLP and Unruh Institute Panel

One year ago this week, CCLP hosted a presidential election event that went strikingly different from the gubernatorial election screening and panel the Center hosted this November in partnership with the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics. Compared to the 2016 election viewing, the results from New Jersey and Virginia rolled in rather early and…

“Mainstream or Extreme? The Intraparty Divides” Panel Talks Party Power Struggles Among Republicans and Democrats

On October 24, CCLP partnered with the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics to host a panel discussion featuring a number of prominent political figures in California at USC’s Wallis Annenberg Hall. The event, titled “Mainstream or Extreme? The Intraparty Divides,” invited guests from across the political spectrum to comment on policy issues that separate…