Vox explored the rise of the “girl’s girl” phenomenon in reality television, examining how shows such as “Love Island,” “Summer House” and “Vanderpump Rules” have moved from pitting women against one another to celebrating female friendships. Yalda Uhls, adjunct professor of psychology and founder of UCLA’s Center for Scholars and Storytellers, said young people consistently express a desire to see more positive depictions of friendship in media and suggested audiences may be responding to healthier relationship dynamics on screen. Read more about UCLA in today’s New York Times, The Atlantic and others.

More highlights from UCLA in the News: June 11, 2026

Democrats are starting to worry about California | The Atlantic

California sends a ballot to more than 23 million registered voters, and about 80 percent of ballots come back through the mail — many arriving close to or on Election Day. “They just have a ton of mail to go through. That’s where the bottleneck is. There’s no mystery to it,” Rick Hasen, an election-law expert at UCLA, told us.

In homeless crisis, California ‘is waging a war on R.V.s’ | New York Times

For three cloudless days in March, Sam Lutzker and I crisscrossed Los Angeles hearing stories about life in R.V.s. Lutzker, 33, has weeks left before three years of field research for a Ph.D. in sociology at UCLA gives way to writing his thesis. “I care about these individuals deeply,” he said.

Opening up LA: The benefits of the long-awaited D Line | The Argonaut

UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Research Program Manager Jacob Wasserman is enthused about the latest addition to Los Angeles’ public transit system. “I’m excited about this since public transit is the best way to bring people in the same direction faster and with less hassle,” Wasserman said. “It’s beneficial for everyone. Those going to work and then home and those visiting the city will have a faster way to travel.”

ICE’s Delaney Hall is a ‘black hole.’ These numbers show what happens inside | NJ.com

An analysis by NJ.com of federal data, however, offered a limited window into the facility’s day-to-day operations based on arrests, detention and removal operations. That data, obtained after a court battle with the federal government by the Deportation Data Project at the UC Berkeley School of Law in collaboration with UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy, shows that the immigration detention center functions primarily as an intake and routing facility.