Nation, World + Society

UCLA professor Edward Walker explains how corporations — from Verizon to Wal-Mart — manufacture citizen lobbyists.

Washington Post reporter Niraj Chokshi spoke with Mark Kleiman, a professor of public policy at UCLA, about the legalization of marijuana that has been approved by the voters in Washington state and Colorado.

Marking Ramadan as a "new American tradition" not only overlooks the holy month observed by enslaved Muslims many years ago, but also perpetuates their erasure from Muslim American history.

In Q&A with the Los Angeles Times, Shoup says much should be changed about how the city provides parking.

Law professor Adam Winkler says that minority groups could be at risk of losing legal protections after the Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby case.

A working group that includes UCLA's Susan D. Cochran says the removal of these disorders from the organization's classification system will make getting health care easier for gay individuals.

Economists Lee Ohanian of UCLA and Nobel laureate Edward Prescott of Arizona State University maintain that an important factor contributing to declining productivity growth is the large decline in the creation of new businesses.

Jack Rothman of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs writes that 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act black families currently own just one-tenth the assets of their white counterparts.

The UCLA Burkle Global Impact Initiative assisted in recruiting a diverse roster of film and music stars to appear in a new video for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

In an event co-sponsored by UCLA and Zocalo Public Square, Luskin School of Public Affairs Dean Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. and others disagree on Mayor Garcetti’s first year in office.

Adam Winkler says Justice Kennedy's swing vote status on gun control may be why the Court was reluctant to hear Second Amendment cases.

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.

The research, led by UCLA professor Mark Kaplan, underscores the need to harmonize suicide prevention and alcohol-control strategies.

A group of Los Angeles K-12 teachers participated in a special two-day seminar at UCLA on using soccer in the classroom as a way to teach politics, economics and globalization.

The Cal EcoMaps site, launched this month, features a detailed interactive map and environmental impact ratings for 172 industrial facilities in Los Angeles County.

Professor Brenda Stevenson, a scholar who looks into issues of gender, family and community during the slavery era, recalls her own family history and connections to slavery. Her work has earned her the 2014 Gold Shield Faculty Prize.

If construction pays so much more than other fields that don't require a college education, why don't women flock to it? A new study details the obstacles.

Reporting, writing and editing for the Bruin's Roar helps UCLA Community School students improve their English language skills and confidence.

The profiles provide a reliable source of information for policymakers, advocates, researchers, media and others interested in understanding the health of Californians, particularly those from previously understudied ethnic and racial minority groups.

UCLA faculty and graduate students with research interests in Mexico will soon be benefiting from a closer relationship with that country, its government and institutions.

The Anderson Forecast has partnered with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's office to help launch a new online open data portal called DataLA to make information readily available to residents.

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.

Mentally ill mass murderers receive tons of media attention, but they're not the typical perpetrators of violent crimes, say researchers. The team recommends a new risk-based approach to reducing firearms fatalities.

With the world's attention focused on Brazil and its social problems, Gary Rhodes, a UCLA expert on global education, calls for using the World Cup games to build international understanding.

The current forecast picks up where March's left off, predicting "normal growth" in the 3 percent range through 2016. In California, the unemployment rate will continue to drop.