Nation, World + Society

Panelists weighed in on the prospects for U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, City Councilman Kevin de León and the other candidates.

A new study identifies a spike in China-based activity on Twitter and Wikipedia, two platforms long banned by Beijing.

For two decades, Rev. James Lawson Jr. — one of King’s close friends and a fellow civil and labor rights leader — has taught a course on King’s signature method for social reform.

Theo Henderson hopes to use the position to encourage more active, mobile research methods.

A UCLA-funded study models the toll of heat and dehydration on the human body along the unforgiving routes used by Latin American migrants.

Professors continued helping us better understand our world with their research, students kept excelling and UCLA showed how it helps make Los Angeles a world-class city.

Zrinka Stahuljak embraces the role of “fixer” as she directs the center’s transformation.

A new UCLA study has found that Latinos, who comprise nearly half the county’s population, pen less than 5% of the paper’s op-eds.

The building, which is named the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, will house labor research, teaching and service for decades to come.

The latest UCLA Anderson Forecast sees stronger-than-anticipated performance for the U.S. and California.

In her new book, “The Good Kings,” UCLA’s Kara Cooney draws parallels between pharaohs and present-day authoritarians.

An international study co-led by UCLA’s Graeme Blair found that community policing did little to improve trust in law enforcement.

UCLA’s Brad Sears has observed how the current pandemic has been shaped by what we did and did not learn in the past 40 years.

Though medical treatment has progressed, laws that discriminate against people based their HIV-positive status remain on the books across the United States.

Centering Tribal Stories will train University of California scholars on collaborations with Native American communities.

In “An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States,” Kyle Mays reframes U.S. history.

The list is compiled based on research citations from 2010 to 2020.

“It’s crucial to reach people however you can ... to tell these stories of our shared humanity,” says the newly appointed Maurice Amado Professor of Sephardic Studies.

The funds will support UCLA students, policy reports and big-data projects such as the Million Dollar Hoods initiative.

A report from UCLA’s Center for Scholars and Storytellers looks at the intersection of race, class and social mobility in shows popular with teens.

The talks are meant to showcase the breadth of the research of younger faculty and in a way that’s accessible to all.

A UCLA psychologist and undergraduate assess the ongoing traumatic impact of Maurice Caldwell’s unjust incarceration.

A new report by the Luskin Center for Innovation provides a framework for environmental justice in disadvantaged communities.

UCLA’s leader joined several discussions with the aim of sharing lessons learned from recent social movements and the global pandemic.

The words of Nigerian religious leaders can have a positive impact on reintegration and reconciliation, a study by UCLA researchers and colleagues shows.