Nation, World + Society

Two UCLA pediatricians write about the societal risks that result from working- and middle-class parents being forced to choose between paying for their children’s medical expenses and household bills.

At a “Thinking L.A.” event copresented by UCLA and Zocalo Public Square, a panel that included two UCLA professors discuss the transformation of downtown L.A. and whether it lives up to the current hype.

China’s enormous economic growth over the past three decades has fueled an “age of ambition,” said journalist Evan Osnos during a presentation he gave Oct. 6 at the UCLA School of Law.

Research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that a pent-up demand for health care will decline significantly after the first year of enrollment.

Economist Lee Ohanian makes the case that income inequality is not nearly so rampant as reports suggest and that a better indicator of well-being is consumption.

The UCLA Labor Center produces the nation's only storytelling radio show that focuses on workers and the issues they face. Students and community members work on Re:Work Radio and learn storytelling skills and multimedia production.

Veteran journalist and author Jim Newton is taking on an enhanced role as a member of the staff and faculty at UCLA.

For American cities to usher in a European-style bike renaissance, society will need to shift toward a more even distribution of child-rearing duties between women and men, say UCLA researchers.

Many white Americans are becoming less enthusiastic about diversity and multiculturalism as the U.S. moves toward becoming a minority-majority nation, UCLA psychologists report.

Outreach around the study includes a Twitter campaign seeking thoughts on the importance of diversity on TV and in film.

Brian Taylor, who directs the Institute of Transportation Studies at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, joined three other transportation experts to address questions about the state of traffic in L.A.

C. Cindy Fan on how Hong Kong’s love-hate relationship with China creates difficulties for the “one country, two systems” balance.

Tyrone Howard of UCLA’s Black Male Institute says that a failure to intervene to help boys and men of color may have disastrous consequences for them and the country.

The Burkle Global Impact Initiative, which was created at UCLA to educate the public about international and humanitarian affairs by working within the creative community, helped produce a video for the United Nations Climate Summit that took place Tuesday in New York.

UCLA education professor Robert Rhoads and three faculty members from Chinese universities recently took a close look at four universities in Beijing. Rhoads discusses their findings in this Q&A.

In his latest documentary, “Bitter Honey,” UCLA anthropologist Robert Lemelson tracks the abuses suffered by wives trapped in polygamous marriages.

UCLA experts will engage with city leaders from around the world to create smarter cities.

UCLA Luskin researchers asked former foster youth and youth in the juvenile justice system to use photos to capture the difficulties of transitioning to independent adulthood.

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew led a wide-ranging conversation Wednesday with the UCLA Anderson’s class of 2016 that touched on such issues as world economic growth, international sanctions against Russia and stemming the flow of funds to ISIL.

A new book by a UCLA professor shows how ailments presented in 19th century French mental hospitals held up a kind of fun-house mirror to the often horrific political dramas of the country's post-revolutionary era.

M.V. Lee Badgett of UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute says that the LGBT community should seek additional allies to continue advancing the cause of equality for all.

A thick dossier of letters from faculty colleagues, administrators, students and alumni attesting to his devotion to diversity has led to Richard Yarborough's selection as the campuswide winner of UCLA's top award for diversity, equity and inclusion.

A new UCLA report underscores the need for immigration reform by countering the narrative that there's been a “surge” in unaccompanied minors driven by violence in Central America.

Among the consequences of that archaic position is unfair strain on many families and the exclusion of domestic workers from labor protections, says UCLA Law professor Noah Zatz.

Real GDP for the U.S. will grow at about 3 percent over the next two years and the national unemployment will drop to 5.3 percent by the end of 2016.