Jill Leovy is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy. She is the author of Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America, a finalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction.
Jill Leovy
How We Came Together
America purchased its sense of itself at a high price
by Jill Leovy | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
We’ve Got a Fight on Our Hands
Why petty conflicts are so important
by Jill Leovy | Monday, March 02, 2020
Continental Drift
Westward expansion delayed a needed national reckoning
by Jill Leovy | Monday, March 04, 2019
Paranoia Strikes Deep
What are we hiding from in our policed and gated communities?
by Jill Leovy | Monday, December 04, 2017
Robocops and Robbers
Criminal justice in the age of digital spying and surveillance
by Jill Leovy | Monday, March 06, 2017
Taking It to the Street
What it’s like to be down and out in America