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While COVID-19 spurs a desire for mailed ballots, research led by a UCLA professor suggests that mail-in results largely mirror in-person outcomes.

UCLA anthropology professor Jason De León is raising awareness about the stories of the people who migrate across the Sonoran Desert between Mexico and the U.S.

Sonja Diaz, the founding director of the Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, understands how research can directly result in legislation that serves society’s needs.

UCLA’s Laura Gómez, a renowned scholar of race and ethnicity, provides essential context for today’s politics in “Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism.”

A new UCLA report is intended to dispel a common misconception that immigration policy is a top-of-mind issue for Latino voters.

Shannon Speed, director of UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center, notes that for the first time there are mainstream calls to finally address structural inequality.

Courts in Texas and Pennsylvania sided with arguments made in reports prepared by members of the project.

In a survey by UCLA and United Food and Commercial Workers OUTreach, most said their local unions take action to protect LGBTQ members.

A new UCLA report recommends that state and local officials develop plans to retrain members of the Latino workforce for jobs in the digital economy.

Economists say the positive outlook is partly due to consumers and businesses quickly adapting to virtual commerce.

The linguistic anthropologist is co-editor of a new book that brings together 27 academics to analyze and understand the language of our political moment.

The gift is the largest ever contribution that a tribe has made to a law school and one of the biggest in history from a tribe to a university.

A new film by two UCLA faculty members focuses on volunteers who search the Sonoran Desert for undocumented migrants who have died.

Research revealed that over 88% of residents with temporary protected status are in the labor force, and that almost 11% are self-employed.

Inspired by Roosevelt’s Depression-era fireside chats, the Chilean American visual artist has created a program designed to address today’s America.

UCLA political and gender studies experts offer their thoughts on the history-making announcement.

UCLA’s Raul Hinojosa said that their reduced purchasing power amid a looming recession is a public health and economic crisis.

The analysis used data from California and New York to better understand the nature and magnitude of the economic disruption.

Marcus Hunter, UCLA professor of sociology and African American studies, collaborated on the draft of a recently introduced congressional resolution.

Research brief: A study shows that the proportion of vaccinated adolescents is higher in most states that require students to receive the vaccine.

A UCLA study finds low Latino turnout in districts that could decide presidential contest, control of Congress.

“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.”

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