Nation, World + Society

While the slowly recovering U.S. economy will not reach normal levels by historical standards, it will be noticeably better than in recent years, UCLA economists predict.

An Institute of Medicine committee chaired by UCLA's Patricia Ganz says urgent changes are needed to improve cancer care as baby boomers age and new therapies arise.

Most of what you think you know about the 2012 presidential race is wrong, suggests a forthcoming book by political scientists at UCLA and George Washington University. They argue in "The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election" that the race was influenced more by the economy than any other factor.

Public schools have shown great improvement in getting and keeping students engaged using a program devised by the directors of UCLA's Center for Mental Health in schools.

Environmental law report suggests policies that could help San Joaquin Valley gain from high-speed rail, but the region must plan now to reap the benefits.

UCLA expert on marijuana policy proposes that the U.S. attorney general allow state-licensed production and sales, and focus resources on cooperating with states to shut down illegal growing.

The biennial survey, conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is the largest amd most comprehensive state health survey in the nation.

As part of an effort to support the growth of Chinese education in U.S. schools, 115 teachers from China have been studying at UCLA to learn how to be effective Mandarin language teachers for American students.

A UCLA study shows what many middle-aged Californians privately suspect: They are the first to lose their jobs and health benefits when hard times hit.

So many of the indelible scenes of the L.A. riots featured men, but there was also an important women's story behind the unrest, a UCLA historian argues: the case of Latasha Harlins.

Not surprisingly, Civil War textbooks usually make no mention of Los Angeles. No combat occurred in California. But a little known fact is that Los Angeles does have a connection to the Battle of Gettysburg, which is being commemorated July 1-3 on its 150th anniversary.

Thousands of low-wage workers have been unable to collect unpaid wages, even after state authorities have ordered their employers to pay, UCLA research demonstrates.

Union Army General Winfield Scott Hancock, who played a key role in stopping Confederate attacks during the pivotal Civil War battle, had an important role in Los Angeles at the beginning of the war, according to UCLA grad student.

The program trains village women to serve as social health activists, providing counseling and support to those infected. Researchers found both social and health benefits.

"California's high cost of living turns the loving act of caring for a grandchild into a desperate financial risk," say researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

As poverty rates for virtually every demographic group increased during the recent recession, lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans are more likely to be poor than heterosexual people, according to a new nationwide study by researchers at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.

"It's not a recovery. It's not even normal growth," director Edward Leamer says in the Forecast's latest quarterly outlook. "It's bad."

In the midst of a raging national debate on how Americans use marijuana, a team of student researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is collecting data that could help separate marijuana fact from fiction.

Real-estate booms in "second-tier" cities and improved quality of life are just some of the perks that come with new rail connections, a UCLA economist says.

After four years of relative stagnation, the national economy is beginning to "ramp up," led by the housing and auto sectors, UCLA economists say in their first quarterly report of 2013.

South Los Angeles and parts of the San Fernando Valley are like "urban deserts" when it comes to nonprofits that provide basic services, researchers say.

"Our findings show how far nations still have to go to realize a world where all children have a chance to thrive, not just survive," said UCLA's Jody Heymann, the study's co-author.

Joshua Bloom's "Black Against Empire" recasts the Panther Party, known primarily for its approach to black self-defense, as a pioneer in worldwide revolutionary politics.

UCLA professor Martin Monti and colleagues in Israel found encouraging, but subtle, signs of consciousness in Sharon, who has been in a vegetative state for seven years.

In his new book, Berend analyzes the economic and social causes of the European recession of 2008-12 and says flaws in the EU should have been a clear warning of impending economic troubles.