Nation, World + Society

With the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative education looming, Gary Orfield’s book calls for race-conscious policies that can open the doors to educational opportunity for all.

The collaboration between the Islamic studies program and UCLA Library continues to enrich the field and the world.

Preliminary findings from UCLA’s 2022 California Health Interview Survey also show drop in risk-reduction behaviors.

Inflation, rising interest rates and declining real wages are among the factors limiting growth, according to the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast.

Visits to a migrant shelter and job training center illuminated how racial and labor justice intersect across borders.

$13 million from Arcadia will bolster the Modern Endangered Archives Program.

The Autonomous University of Queretaro recently opened a labor center that will adopt its UCLA counterpart’s approach to research and community engagement.

A UCLA report looks at why Latinas left their jobs in large numbers during the pandemic and strategies for bringing them back into the workforce.

Special Collections is home to a 70-plus-year-old pamphlet that provides the four-part answer to why you are so much more comfortable in air conditioned surroundings.

Luskin School professor Ian Holloway is among researchers working with health officials to develop evidence-based strategies.

The short documentary “Chicano Moratorium” captures the brutal police response to protests against the Vietnam War.

The Title VI awards will provide students with tuition assistance and living stipends, support teaching of languages, among other things.

UCLA psychologist Martie Haselton and Jaimie Arona Krems, from Oklahoma State University, explain how evolutionary social science influences the debate.

Allen, who graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering in 1992, was the project manager for downtown’s newest gem.

The nationwide database records and analyzes legislative, regulatory and administrative efforts at local, state and federal levels.

Researchers are lending their expertise to help make sure everyone in Los Angeles can benefit from the efforts.

The Institute on Inequality and Democracy is among four organizations to receive funding from the Marguerite Casey Foundation.

Liberals and conservatives can have positive experiences when they talk politics over the video conferencing platform, a UCLA study shows.

$10 million from California budget will fund efforts to bring experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders into classrooms.

Support for Democrats remains strong among Latinos, but swing voters could prove the difference in some contests, UCLA report shows.

Richard Hasen will lead the Safeguarding Democracy Project, which will focus on ensuring that U.S. elections are free and fair.

Supported by $15 million in state funding, the Latina Futures, 2050 Lab will inform policymaking in education, health care and other areas.

The findings are another troubling sign of the pandemic’s uneven impact across different communities.

The decision could have wide-reaching consequences for federal agencies’ ability to regulate industries.

The 2022-23 spending plan allocates $13 million to labor centers in the University of California system.