Sunday, June 28

Protesting doctors, nurses allege dangerous overcrowding at UCLA hospital

This post was updated May 7 at 9:12 p.m. About 60 healthcare professionals gathered at Luskin Turnaround on Wednesday morning to protest patient overcrowding at UCLA’s on-campus hospital.  Members of the California Nurses Association, Committee of Interns and Residents and University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents healthcare, research and technical professionals – gave speeches calling on the University to address alleged overcrowding issues in the emergency department at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Hannah Spungen is pictured giving a speech as one of the many healthcare professionals who gathered at Luskin Turnaround on Wednesday morning to protest patient overcrowding at UCLA’s on-campus hospital. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)


‘We are the institution’: Students push for more representation under ACA 18

UC students say they want a voice in University policies – and an amendment to the state constitution could be the way to get it. Assembly Constitutional Amendment 18 would require the UC Board of Regents to appoint one undergraduate student and one graduate student to serve two-year terms on the board, replacing the current policy that only allows one student regent and student regent-designate. Read more...

Photo: Assemblymember Jessica Caloza, who co-authored a bill pushing for a second student regent, sits with students. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)


‘It’s eye opening’: Deportation Data Project maps rise in immigration enforcement

When Graeme Blair heard President Donald Trump’s promises to carry out a mass deportation campaign ahead of the 2024 presidential election, he began planning the Deportation Data Project. Read more...

Photo: Graeme Blair, a co-founder of the Deportation Data Project and a political science professor at UCLA, stands in front of the California Center for Population Research. The center has provided the project with funding which has largely been used to fund litigation. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)


California Latinos are still facing pay, environmental inequality, UCLA report says

Latinos make up approximately 40% of California’s population but continue to face inequities in wages, health care and education, according to a report from UCLA researchers. Read more...

Photo: The Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs is pictured. Latinos make up approximately 40% of California’s population, but continue to face inequities in wages, health care and education, according to a report from UCLA researchers. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Demonstrators protest UCLA event hosting DHS General Counsel James Percival

This post was updated April 23 at 10:52 a.m. More than 150 demonstrators protested an event with the United States Department of Homeland Security’s head lawyer at the UCLA School of Law on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: Demonstrators hold posters as they listen to law student Maahum Shahab in Shapiro Courtyard. Shahab condemned the DHS and the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a blind refugee from Myanmar who died of hypothermia and dehydration in upstate New York after U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents left him outside, during her speech. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)


‘Absolutely horrendous’: Is a UCLA ethnic studies program for K-12 teachers in danger?

This post was updated April 19 at 9:28 p.m. UCLA is defunding a program that trains educators to teach ethnic studies in K-12 schools, faculty alleged. Read more...

Photo: Ethnic studies books are stacked on a table. Faculty alleged that UCLA is defunding the Ethnic Studies Certificate Program, which is a collaboration between UCLA Center X, the UCLA Institute for American Cultures and UCLA Extension. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)


‘There’s not real power in Washington’: Former Sen. Butler is focused on the local

Former U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler emphasized the importance of local governments in enacting political change at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs 2026 Luskin Summit on Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Former U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler and Alissa Ko, a UCLA alumnus and the vice president of external affairs for the insurance company Health Net, are pictured. Butler emphasized the importance of local government in enacting political change at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs 2026 summit Wednesday. (Kai Dizon/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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