Nation, World + Society

Sociologist Aliza Luft writes about the powerful economic forces people can use to alleviate violent oppression.

Reports about the survey findings seek to provide information about Iran that does not currently exist in the public sphere.

As part of Black History Month, UCLA’s ‘Why History Matters’ event series bears witness to stories of black women.

UCLA hosted California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon’s lecture series featuring three artists talking about how their work responds to and shapes their worlds.

In UCLA’s 124th Faculty Research Lecture historian Ellen DuBois will share details of the story, which remains as vital today as it when it was happening.

UCLA’s Paul Von Blum has released two books recently one on African-American artists in Los Angeles and the other on the civil rights movement.

A ‘buffering effect’ of two key regions shielded some study participants from the symptoms of depression, a new study by UCLA psychologists has found.

Sexual harassment and power dynamics in the workplace are the focus of a seminar series that will feature alumnae, legal leaders.

UCLA’s Jane Margolis and Julie Flapan use research to help policymakers devise equitable and effective strategies to scale up diversity in computer science.

UCLA faculty and students help frame discussions on vital policy issues as candidates face off at Royce Hall.

The hardy marine invertebrates survive a bleaching process but their growth is slowed, a UCLA study conducted off the coast of American Samoa has found.

The partners, who also include multiple Hollywood industry groups, are trying to initiate changes around diversity, inclusion and equality efforts in the entertainment industry.

Study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law contains first estimates of youth at risk of undergoing the practice health organizations say is harmful.

In places where UCLA researchers found higher levels of stigma, students were more likely to report they seek treatment from a religious group or a religious leader.

The iconic TV producer reflected on his decades-long career in a wide-ranging discussion for the launch of the latest issue of UCLA’s public policy magazine, Blueprint.

In his book “Constitutional Coup,” the UCLA constitutional scholar explains the downsides of running government like a business.

From taking radio into orbit to pioneering work on organ transplants, Rothblatt was recognized for a lifetime of accomplishments.

Economics professor Adriana Lleras-Muney writes about how a welfare experiment from 100 years ago offers a dramatic lesson in what really helps poor children.

The report points to the likelihood that some of the deaths are misclassified as accidental self-poisoning.

The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center is home to the publication’s archives, selections of which are on display at the Autry Museum as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.

UCLA Library scholars worked with partners at St. Catherine’s Monastery and the Early Manuscripts Electronic Library on the five-year Sinai Palimpsests Project.

The newest research center at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs aims to bring together scholars and policymakers to make better decisions on issues of interest to Latinos.

Zev Yaroslavsky writes that the large studio complex at the corner of Fairfax and Beverly should be designated a historic site to preserve part of the L.A. history.

It is the first representative survey of the state’s youth population to measure gender expression.

Researchers say the money bail system demands tens of millions of dollars a year in cash and assets from some of the area's most economically vulnerable people and communities.