Nation, World + Society

The authors expect California's unemployment rate to rise to an average of 5.1% in the fourth quarter of 2020.

The gift, from Jennifer and Matthew C. Harris, will support research on building more humane societies.

The California-China Climate Institute will identify and share best practices and key lessons and help inform policymakers.

Researchers developed a simulation model, which allows users to predict the care setting individuals will select, based on their characteristics.

The analysis by the Luskin Center for Innovation helps the state deliver on its legal recognition that safe, clean, affordable and accessible water is a human right.

UCLA-led analysis of U.S. Transgender Survey showed that 40% of respondents have attempted suicide at some point in their lives.

Research brief: A new report recommends 26 strategies, including rent control, anti-eviction protections, renter-education workshops and property-tax freezes.

The study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research also found that “connectedness” and volunteerism varied by race and income.

In this Q&A, UCLA’s Jon Christensen discusses his new study of California’s Proposition 1, which was passed in 2014.

Schachner describes how he “accidentally” got into the field and his goals for the program.

Two days of workshops energize lawmakers from a battleground state that reflects the nation’s changing demographics.

Douglas Kellner talks about gun culture in the United States, societal changes that need to be made and the media’s contributions to violent culture.

In 47 countries, the minimum legal age for employment is below 15, despite evidence that work at an early age is associated with negative effects on health and education.

Q&A with John Agnew, distinguished professor of geography and Italian at UCLA, who was awarded the Vautrin Lud Prize.

UCLA hosted scholars and activists to master the tools of research to advance safe shelter as a human right.

Tony Pritzker said the gift is an investment in “research that will help sustain the future of our planet.”

Selected excerpts from the writings and speeches of UCLA alumnus Ralph J. Bunche, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for securing an armistice after the creation of Israel. His birthday is Aug. 7, 1904.

Free online tool updated to include solar capacity and six more years of data, as California aims for 100% renewable energy.

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs launches international outreach to identify strategies to empower women and children.

Activists on a panel co-sponsored by UCLA preached the roles of persistence, patience and bipartisan cooperation in getting the FIRST STEP Act through Congress.

When fathers are involved in the care of their children, men and women are more upset about infidelities, according to the UCLA-led cross-cultural research.

Associate dean for information studies Anne Gilliland sees parallels between post-conflict Croatia and Bosnia and efforts to preserve heritage in her native country.

UCLA graduate students spent months studying ways to make sure a pending major redevelopment effort does not displace people already living there.

Sarah T. Roberts profiles the hidden workforce that monitors objectionable material on the internet, often to its own detriment

The UCLA Film & Television Archive has introduced a digital portal showcasing local news footage of Tom Bradley, Los Angeles’ first African American mayor.