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UCLA faculty voice: A road map to the future of state parks

Parks Forward — a state-appointed blue-ribbon commission with deep talent, knowledge and connections — issued detailed draft recommendations last week for sweeping changes to ensure the long-term sustainability of California's State Parks.

UCLA faculty voice: The black women Obama forgot

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, a professor of law at UCLA, said My Brother’s Keeper, a program backed by President Obama, highlights one of the most significant contradictions of his efforts to remain a friend to women while navigating the tricky terrain.

Q&A: Critical issues facing aging Americans

Three UCLA geriatrics and gerontology faculty members are among those at the forefront of the effort to change the way medicine is delivered to an aging population.

Free parking isn't such a good deal

UCLA's national parking expert, Donald Shoup, says that when a city temporarily suspends parking meters it often backfires for the businesses it was meant to help.

Primary voters aren't as extreme as once thought

Eric Cantor's surprising primary defeat by a Tea Party candidate doesn't necessarily mean primary voters are more extreme. UCLA professor Lynn Vavreck looks at the numbers and finds little difference between primary and general election voters.

Voices: The variable fates of former Soviet nations

As the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's demise approaches, UCLA political scientist Daniel Treisman evaluates how former Soviet bloc countries have fared in post-communism Eastern Europe.
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