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UCLA researchers analyzed state policies in nine categories that influence the health of immigrants and their families.

The report from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law shows that permitting same-sex couples to marry leads to more social acceptance of same-sex marriage, not backlash against it.

The report by UCLA and USC researchers informs an amicus brief supporting President Obama’s executive order shielding undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Leon Panetta, whose formidable political career included eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and appointments as President Clinton's chief of staff and President Obama's secretary of defense and CIA director, delivered the annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.

The information collected from this statistically representative sample of transgender-identified individuals led by researchers at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law could be used to help craft better public policy.

First quarterly report for 2015 says the U.S. economy “looks like an island of stability in a very volatile world.”

Research shows that the number of married same sex-couples nearly tripled since 2013 and a greater likelihood those couples will be raising adopted or foster children compared to different-sex couples.

A comprehensive report by UCLA’s World Policy Analysis Center details rights, laws and policies pertaining to gender equality in 197 countries and Beijing Platform signatories.

Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala and Burkle Global Impact Initiative Director Brian Gott attended an event at the White House Tuesday at the invitation of President and Mrs. Obama for the announcement of a new initiative under the “Let Girls Learn” campaign.

Video, photos, interviews and mapping tools capture the extent of damage remaining four years after the 2011 quake and tsunami. The data will help other areas prepare.

A report by the UCLA Civil Rights Project is the first to analyze national school suspension rates by race and district.

Study by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health points out another disturbing impact of income inequality: its effect on people’s health.

Screening travelers for fever on arrival has been criticized as ineffective, but the scientists found it can catch cases that screeners miss at departure.

Law professor writes that as union membership decreases and the use of contractors and temporary workers increases, it’s not just employees who lose, but also employers.

The Latino physician workforce per capita has declined by 22 percent since 1980, resulting in a shortage of doctors with the cultural familiarity necessary to serve a rapidly expanding population.

Allyson Nadia Field writes about how 100 years ago the racist film inspired black filmmakers to respond and that the film still resonates because the country still grapples with achieving racial justice.

More than 800 people gathered in Royce Hall to applaud the courage of 16 civil rights activists — all UCLA alumni — who challenged segregation in the South in 1961 as Freedom Riders.

The Department of Education’s college rating system could hurt universities that enroll large numbers of students who plan to graduate from other institutions.

The research director at UCLA’s Center X writes that teacher training could learn from doctor training by adopting residency programs that combine university instruction and field-based learning.

The number of cities across the globe that experience heat waves has increased since the 1970s — as has the frequency of those heat waves — as the heat island effect amplifies global warming.

UCLA will honor alumni who joined a mass protest in 1961 and became Freedom Riders to protest segregation encountered by African Americans when they traveled between states on buses, trains and used public facilities.

The first survey of undocumented college students shows that worries about financial hardship and fears of deportation undermine students’ chances for success in college.

The study showed that children’s readiness for kindergarten was influenced not only by whether they attend preschool, but also by their families’ behaviors, attitudes and values.

The Ready to Work program, run by the Los Angeles Black Worker Center, a project of the UCLA Labor Center, helps blacks in L.A. qualify for union apprenticeships in the trades.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block writes in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that President Obama’s proposal to make two years of community college free is a bold step to equalize opportunity for all.