David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed for a segment on the latest developments regarding the U.S., Iran and the possibility of the U.S. rejoining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the multi-national agreement regulating Iran’s nuclear program.
The free and public panel discussion will include five speakers from Bangladesh, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey and Yemen. Presented by CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Muslim & Arab Worlds and Intellectual Life Fund, it will be livestreamed on YouTube at noon Thursday, April 15.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for an article about an extremist group known as the “Oath Enforcers,” which a news report said is threatening to “unleash harassment tactics on elected officials and government workers around the country.”
Meredith Conroy (political science) wrote on Republicans’ distrust of the news media, David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed about the latest developments regarding the Iran nuclear agreement, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in an article about breaking patterns that lead to hate crimes.
“The Pride of Lions,” presented by Kathryn Ervin, CSUSB professor of theatre arts, is the title of the next Conversations on Race and Policing, 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, on Zoom.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for an article about right-wing Hindu groups in the U.S. receiving federal COVID relief money and the lack of national hate crime data for an article about the increase in such incidents targeting Asian Americans.
Guest speaker Minxin Pei of Claremont McKenna College will present “Unveiling China’s Surveillance State: How a dictatorship maintains power?” at noon on Tuesday, April 6, on Zoom.
Brian Levin, criminal justice professor and director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, comments on the bombing of an El Monte church where its pastor calls for violence against the LGBTQ community, and the center continues to be cited in coverage of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) comments on anti-Asian attacks, a new bill that vows to combat extremists in law enforcement, and the passing of a self-taught defender of civil rights; Anthony Silard (public administration) writes about selfishness vs. selflessness in America; along with continuing coverage of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans.