Nation, World + Society

“The underlying theory is identical for all conspiracy theories,” says UCLA professor Timothy Tangherlini.

The case is among the initial successes for the UCLA Immigrant Family Legal Clinic, which opened last year on the RFK Community Schools campus.

The UCLA Anderson Forecast team writes that the economy is in a “Depression-like crisis.”

A new Latin American Institute workshop aims to help teachers inspire their students to think about how history gets written.

In this Q&A, historian Brenda Stevenson helps explain the special relevance the holiday commemorating the end of slavery has this year.

UC President Janet Napolitano, all 10 UC chancellors and John A. Pérez, chair of the Board of Regents, express their support for the decision upholding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Karagozian shares why UCLA is so well suited to be the home of an institute like this and what initiatives are planned.

The Outfest UCLA Legacy Project — the world’s largest publicly accessible collection of LGBTQ films — contains some 41,000 irreplaceable items of motion picture history.

2020 graduates represent the spirit of UCLA’s Institute of American Cultures.

After years in and out of prison, the master’s student turned his life around with the help of higher education. He's been helping others do the same.

A new UCLA report recommends that California extend economic recovery funding to all workers.

Their experiences in community building and organizing will serve them well in an uncertain time.

Researchers also launch Nationscape Insights website, where readers can analyze how Democrats, Republicans and independents view key 2020 issues.

As professors were forced to change how they teach, the Fiat Lux seminars provided a platform to also change what they taught to help students understand the crisis.

UCLA scholars like Darnell Hunt, Robin D.G. Kelley and Kimberlé Crenshaw, among others, have shared their knowledge with media to help people understand what’s happening.

The heads of academic units dedicated to social justice renew their commitment to ensuring their research, teaching and service are not complicit with the expansion of the police state.

UCLA architecture faculty on how the design of buildings and public spaces may evolve after COVID-19.

Zach Rutland, who is on track to graduate in June with his master’s in library and information science, has interned at the Skid Row History Museum & Archive.

A UCLA-led research team analyzed data from Los Angeles and Indianapolis since the stay-at-home restrictions began.

Researchers say crime declines and trust increases when officers work alongside residents to build relationships.

UCLA psychology professor Vickie Mays is working with members of Congress to improve data collection around the pandemic.

UCLA study notes that the restrictions are even tougher for those without sufficient access to groceries and safe physical distance.

In general, Democratic and Republican voters support the restrictions that were enacted to slow the spread of COVID-19.

The United States is one of 11 countries that do not mandate some form of paid leave at the national level.

The county is on pace for just 52% of households to respond, down from about 63% in 2010.