Legal experts and activists said at a symposium Friday they think the United States needs to improve its prisons’ mental and physical health care systems. About a dozen lawyers, academics and activists attended UCLA Law Review Discourse’s first symposium about health care issues in prisons and the long-term physical and psychological consequences of prison life […]
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Combatants for Peace speakers advocate for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue
Two speakers personally affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict said they believe peace in the region is possible through more dialogue and cooperation between the two groups at an event Wednesday. J Street U at UCLA, a chapter of a nationwide student group advocating for peace between Israel and Palestine, hosted an event at UCLA Hillel […]
UC files motion to keep DACA operational during lawsuit review
The University of California and other groups suing President Donald Trump’s administration for ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals jointly filed a motion Wednesday asking a federal judge to keep the program operating while their lawsuits are being reviewed. In September, Trump ended DACA, a program enacted by former-president Barack Obama in 2012 that deferred […]
West LA congressman sponsors bill lowering presidential military power
The congressman representing the district that includes UCLA said at an event Monday he is working to prevent the president from being able to unilaterally authorize a nuclear strike. Congressman Ted Lieu proposed House Resolution 669 – “Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017” – in January to prohibit the president from conducting […]
UC to centralize polling stations, create online registration portals
The University of California student leaders are working with campuses to make it easier for students to register to vote by creating online voter registration portals and centralizing polling stations on campus. The California Secretary of State and the UC signed a memorandum last year committing to take steps to increase voter registration and turnout, […]
Bruin Republicans calls possible event charges unconstitutional
A campus political group is accusing UCLA of suppressing free speech because the university may impose additional security costs for an event the group plans to hold in November. The Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal organization representing Bruin Republicans, sent Chancellor Gene Block a letter Monday calling on the university to rescind additional security […]
Gov. Brown signs bill to waive first-year tuition at community colleges
For first-generation college student Oscar Gaytan, community college was an affordable way to figure out what he was interested in and whether college was something he wanted to pursue. “(College) is something new to you,” said Gaytan, a fourth-year English and gender studies student. “As a first-generation student, you don’t talk to your family about […]