Sandy Tolan

USC journalism professor

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Sandy Tolan is Professor of Journalism at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and a reporter with the Los Angeles Times.

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USC journalism professor Sandy Tolan talks about what he witnessed when visiting Gaza protest encampments on campus. He also responds to the commencement cancellation.

Amid Gaza protests, USC administration is out of touch, says professor

USC journalism professor Sandy Tolan talks about what he witnessed when visiting Gaza protest encampments on campus. He also responds to the commencement cancellation.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Thanksgiving holiday celebrates the supposedly peaceful partnership between early European settlers and the natives who lived in America first.

American-Indian wars, 21st century style

The Thanksgiving holiday celebrates the supposedly peaceful partnership between early European settlers and the natives who lived in America first.

from To the Point

Native Americans and supporters from around the world are digging in against an oil pipeline near the Missouri River — despite being struck with batons, sprayed with Mace and charged…

North Dakota pipeline protests reach boiling point

Native Americans and supporters from around the world are digging in against an oil pipeline near the Missouri River — despite being struck with batons, sprayed with Mace and charged…

from To the Point

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