Nation, World + Society

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.

UCLA’s Monica Smith tracks the ways metropolitan hubs in different parts of the world emerged unrelated to one another, but in similar forms.

UCLA School of Law’s soccer expert, Steven Bank, weighs in on the legal issues facing the beautiful game.

UCLA professor of law, sociology and Chicana and Chicano studies Laura Gómez shares five key takeaways from the court’s decision.

The Loeb Awards are the top honor in business journalism.

Harold Torrence, associate professor of linguistics in the UCLA College, became enamored of linguistics as an undergraduate at the University of Georgia.

A UCLA study found that many countries have taken important steps to align national laws with a 2006 treaty, but others have not gone far enough.

Americans are overwhelmed by persuasive messaging, even as they bombard each other, panelists agreed at a Zócalo/UCLA Anderson School of Management event.

A report on California’s economy found that the state’s rapid job growth is slowing down.

In this Q&A about their book, UCLA faculty Douglas Kellner and Jeff Share discuss the role critical media literacy plays in our information-overloaded world.

Q&A with UCLA’s Adam Romero and co-author Abbie Goldberg about their new book on marriage dissolution.

“Collisions at the Crossroads: How Place and Mobility Make Race” also provides insight into the history of Southern California’s Inland Empire.

Funds will be directed to the the UCLA Labor Center and the UCLA Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and Education.

UCLA Luskin Lecture brings together political forces who forged a path for the next generation of leaders.

Students and faculty from the social welfare department in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs assist mothers and children seeking asylum in the United States.

Since opening a decade ago, the Robert F. Kennedy UCLA Community School has greatly increased the college-going rate in largely immigrant neighborhoods.

The UCLA Social Sciences LRW Big Data Research Partnership will link undergraduates and graduate students with paid internships in data science.

With release of new issue of UCLA Blueprint magazine, civic leaders, scholars and citizens discussed ‘the most pressing problem in this region.’

Rep. Karen Bass opened the inaugural conference about issues facing Southern California.

UCLA's Quality of Life Index shows that sky-high housing prices most worry respondents — especially younger people and renters.