Rural America myths, health care's revolving door, the "forgotten middle"

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Lower-middle class Americans near retirement are worse off than 20 years ago, according to a new USC and Columbia study. Read more >

The initiative, led by Associate Professor Emma Aguila, will focus on social determinants of health for Hispanics and Latinos, who are among the fastest-growing demographic groups in the U.S. Read more >

"Even as small towns offer a different way of living than cities, rural Americans share many core values and opinions with urban Americans, and most of rural America is not rapidly deteriorating.” – The Overlooked Americans by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett

Southers, a USC Price School professor, discusses crime, community relations and other issues facing the LAPD. Read more >

USC Price School professors and other experts put the Biden impeachment inquiry in historical context. Read more >

A new study from the Schaeffer Center is the first to examine health care’s “revolving door," which may be influencing regulatory decisions. Read more >

New York Times spoke with Geraldine Knatz about a new labor contract between dock workers and West Coast ports.

Wall Street Journal quoted Dowell Myers in an article discussing whether President Joe Biden is too old to run for re-election. Los Angeles Times talked to Myers about California’s housing shortage.

CNN interviewed Adam Rose about homeowners struggling to find affordable insurance in states hit by several natural disasters.

Politico, Axios and MSN covered Genevieve Kanter’s study examining the ‘revolving door’ in regulating health care.

Los Angeles Times published an op-ed from Elizabeth Currid-Halkett explaining misconceptions about rural Americans and their voting patterns.

Vox featured Darius Lakdawalla in a story about other potential uses for the weight loss drug Ozempic.

Associated Press cited research from Mindy Romero on the effectiveness of automatic voter registration policies.

The Fresno Bee spoke to Christian Grose about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the potential U.S. government shutdown. The Sacramento Bee quoted Grose about how voters may respond to Trump’s indictments.

Las Vegas Review Journal talked to Frank Zerunyan for a story about jail overtime costs.

Phys.org covered studies from Antonio Bento that explored new approaches to adapting to climate change.

KFF Health News and Louisiana Weekly interviewed Alice Chen about federal drug pricing negotiations.

Fierce Healthcare featured Paul Ginsburg in a story explaining a recent decline in Medicare spending.

Phys.org mentioned a study from Jorge De la Roca about what motivates young workers to move to big cities.

This represents only a portion of recent USC Price faculty media.

On June 22nd, Neeraj Sood was appointed to the CBO Panel of Health Advisors.

William Resh was named to the Advisory Board for the Institute for Public Procurement’s Center for the Advancement of Research and Excellence.
He was also named to the Strategic Advisory Board of Arizona State University's Center for Organizational Research and Design (CORD) for a four-year term.

Erroll Southers was named the new president of the Los Angeles Commission that oversees LAPD.

Geoff Boeing and William Riggs were invited to publish a condensed and accessible version of their previously peer-reviewed publication Rethinking the One-Way Street in Transfers Magazine, 11(Fall), 18–22.