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Laws of Australia don’t override the laws of mathematics
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UCLA faculty voice: Low-income children deserve better access to dental care
Jonathan Fielding writes that universal adoption of flouridated water and bolstering the number of dentists accepting Medicaid could help counter the inequality.
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UCLA faculty voice: The fate of Covered California under President Trump
Amidst uncertain changes to federal health care policy, Gerald Kominski explores the future for California’s successful health care exchange and Medi-Cal programs.
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UCLA faculty voice: Trump’s economic plan unlikely to match campaign promises
Economist Lee Ohanian on how the president-elect’s plans to reduce globalization and immigration could undermine his promises of job growth and prosperity.
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UCLA faculty voice: The One-China policy benefits China, Taiwan and the United States
Cindy Fan says that Trump’s phone call with the president of Taiwan could undermine the advantages all parties have derived from the “One China” policy.
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UCLA faculty voice: Putin is Trump’s most dangerous best friend
Daniel Treisman says that the number of indirect links between President-elect Donald Trump and the Russian government are cause for deep concern.
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UCLA faculty voice: Why did the U.S. government detain me, a U.S. citizen, at the border?
Law professor Khaled Abou El Fadl asks what message the government was trying to send when it flagged his passport and held him for 40 minutes without questioning.
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UCLA faculty voice: The curse of abundant resources
Economist Jerry Nickelsburg on how not leveraging the windfall of abundant natural resources into investments into education and infrastructure limits economic growth.
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UCLA faculty voice: L.A. growth should be along Wilshire corridor
Architecture professor Thom Mayne says that adding density around Wilshire Boulevard could accommodate 1 million new people in Los Angeles while promoting sustainability.
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UCLA faculty voice: New parklands and transit won't matter if L.A. doesn't solve water woes
As life-changing as these new projects that voters approved on Nov. 8 might be, one of the region’s most critical infrastructure needs is still being largely ignored: water.
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UCLA faculty voice: Is the Islamic State finished? Five possible scenarios
James Gelvin looks beyond the expected fall of Mosul and explores some possible paths that the Islamic State could take following the loss of the stronghold.
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UCLA faculty voice: Can Google searches predict elections?
Stuart Gabriel notes that the unusual 2016 election cycle reveals the shortcomings of using such an indicator.
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UCLA faculty voice: Campaign ads sample candidate’s own words to great effect
Lynn Vavreck notes that ads using someone’s own words against them register as more memorable and truthful to voters, a strategy Clinton has used several times.
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UCLA faculty voice: We can make medicine affordable
Distinguished professor of public health Jonathan Fielding says commonsense fixes to Medicare and FDA drug approval can lower the cost of lifesaving drugs.
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UCLA faculty voice: The dangerously shaky science behind some forensic evidence
Law school dean Jennifer Mnookin shares findings of a new report that found many forensic techniques do not pass scientific muster.
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UCLA faculty voice: L.A. can’t follow California’s lead on water conservation
Mark Gold criticizes the state’s decision to establish voluntary water conservation targets, and praises the continued drought reduction mandates of Los Angeles.
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UCLA faculty voice: At poor schools, English learners lack the resources to succeed
Education professor Carola Suárez-Orozco pushes for revamping how teachers and administrators are trained to teach English language learners in K-12 schools.
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UCLA faculty voice: Relationship advice from the government doesn’t help low-income couples
Partners not earning much money are likely to struggle because they face challenges outside of their marriage, not communication within their marriage.
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UCLA faculty voice: The death of the glamorous Old West
History professor Stephen Aron examines how more accurate and nuanced depictions of the time period are pushing out the idealized depictions of Wild West films and literature.
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UCLA faculty voice: Opioid addiction is too common for continued inaction
Law professor Jill Horwitz discusses the high rate of opioid addiction, and analyzes the ineffective state laws that have tried to curb the pervasive disease.
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UCLA faculty voice: What the UN must do to wipe out cholera in Haiti
Because the U.N. peacekeepers introduced cholera to Haiti, it’s imperative that the United Nations do whatever it can to prevent the disease from further ravaging the country.
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UCLA faculty voice: We can’t rely on luck to counter public health threats
Professor Jonathan Fielding writes that without the necessary funds, fighting Zika, Ebola and other infectious diseases is a losing battle.
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UCLA faculty voice: Give a kidney, get a kidney
Dr. Jeffrey Veale writes that a program pioneered at UCLA could encourage more donations and reduce the number of deaths of those waiting for transplants.
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UCLA faculty voice: I’m a Republican but I’m voting for Hillary Clinton
David Shulman outlines why he will reluctantly vote for a Democrat in November, how Donald Trump betrays American values and what Republicans need to do to regain their party.
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UCLA faculty voice: How Yahoo destroyed its value
UCLA Anderson’s George Geis writes that the company’s poor merger and acquisition practices ultimately led to its purchase by Verizon for a quarter of what Yahoo has spent on past acquisitions.
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UCLA faculty voice: Don’t change the Orange Line to rail — improve it first
The associate director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies says the bus rapid transit line serving the San Fernando Valley has in part been a victim of its own success.
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UCLA faculty voice: Celebrating indigenous peoples and how they gained a voice
On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Ulia Gosart takes stock of how far indigenous people have come on the world stage and how far they have to go.
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UCLA faculty voice: No, the laws of Australia don’t override the laws of mathematics
John Villasenor on why the Australian government’s recent push to force technology companies to break into end-to-end encryption is futile.
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Four threats to American democracy
Jared Diamond is professor of geography and environmental health sciences at UCLA. His best-selling books include "The Third Chimpanzee; Guns, Germs, and Steel," which received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction; "Why Is Sex Fun?"; "Collapse";...
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Paul McCartney's memory lapses
Gary Small is director of the UCLA Memory and Aging Center, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, and author of the upcoming book, "The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist's Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases." (Morrow,...
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UCLA faculty voice: A better way to solve the housing crisis
Three urban planning professors note that L.A. has more land, and land value, than development, so a small land tax could raise more money for affordable housing.
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A superpower for our time: How to handle the truth
UCLA political science professor Lynn Vavreck on why gut reactions and preconceived ideas may outweigh objective facts in the post-truth era.
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Is the Internet killing empathy?
Dr. Gary Small, professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, has conducted research on the impact of technology on the human brain. Director of the UCLA Center on Aging, he is one of the world's leading physician/scientists in the fields...
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UCLA faculty voice: How to fix L.A.’s failed parking policies
Ethan Elkind writes that not only have parking policies failed to improve mobility, they’ve made housing less affordable and hurt the environment.
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What makes lone-wolf terrorists so dangerous?
Jeffrey Simon is a visiting lecturer of political science at UCLA, an expert on terrorism and political violence, and author of a newly released book, “Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat” (Prometheus, 2013). This...
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What the history of slavery can teach us about slavery today
Brenda Stevenson is a UCLA professor of history and African-American studies, as well as author of "Life in Black and White: Family and Community in the Slave South" and the forthcoming book "What is Slavery?" This op-ed appeared Aug. 19 on the...
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UCLA faculty voice: Why don’t women rule the world?
That most people have never heard of Hatshepsut — a pharaoh of ancient Egypt, who was the greatest female ruler of the ancient world — is emblematic of the challenges women have always faced in politics, writes UCLA Egyptologist Kara Cooney.
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Boycott Arizona? Not likely
Manuel C. Baldenegro, Jr. is director of advocacy programs for UCLA Government and Community...
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UCLA faculty voice: Social media enhances the power of “common knowledge”
Political science professor Michael Chwe writes about having his book “Rational Ritual,” which is about the popularization of knowledge, chosen by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as a book club selection.
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UCLA faculty voice: Why big business keeps winning at the Supreme Court
Law professor Adam Winkler notes that justices appointed by Republicans and Democrats have tended to side with business interests in cases before the court.
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A new housing bubble?
Analysis finds home prices are rising at an unsustainable rate and that many mortgages would not perform well under economic stress.
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A UCLA doctor’s journey from patient to physician
Cardiologist Leigh Reardon’s experiences as a child open-heart surgery patient taught him an empathy that creates a uniquely open relationship with his patients.
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Using dance to create a movement to end violence against women
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is a professor at the UCLA School of Law. She is also the faculty director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at the Columbia Law School. She is the co-founder of the African...
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Cameroon's rich biodiversity is under threat
UCLA Prof Tom Smith has conducted research in the West African nation of Cameroon for 30 years, and sees the country's remarkable biodiversity and resources threatened by much-needed but ill-managed economic growth.
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Ten misconceptions about Buddhism
Robert E. Buswell Jr. (left) holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities at the College of Letters and Science at UCLA. He is also Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies and founding director of the Center for Buddhist Studies....
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UCLA faculty voice: How Iceland’s Viking heritage helped salvage its economy
Economist Jerry Nickelsburg on how the Nordic nation overcame a deep financial crisis through improved regulation, higher bank equity requirements, and strict financial stress tests.
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Parents, chill. Technology isn’t destroying teens’ brains
Psychologist and UCLA researcher Yalda Uhls writes that more important than limiting ‘screen time’ is guiding children and young adults to utilize technology to improve their lives.
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What’s the difference between political grassroots and big-interest Astroturf?
UCLA professor Edward Walker explains how corporations — from Verizon to Wal-Mart — manufacture citizen lobbyists.
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