Tuesday, May 5


Congressman Adam Schiff speaks on Russia investigation, North Korea and Trump

The United States congressman representing Los Angeles said at an event Thursday the current presidential administration’s influence on the media is threatening democracy and freedom of the press. Read more...

Photo: Adam Schiff, ranking Democratic member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke at the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture Series hosted by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)



UCLA doctor suspended after allegations of sexual harassment at prior job

A UCLA cardiologist had his medical license suspended due to allegations of sexual harassment when he worked at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. An administrative law judge ruled this week that Guillermo Andres Cortes, a doctor at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and former doctor at the L.A. Read more...

Photo: A doctor at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center had his medical license suspended due to allegations of sexual harassment when he worked at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.(Daily Bruin file photo)


Activists speak in support of nonviolent methods of inciting social change

Civil rights activists said at an event Wednesday evening nonviolent advocacy can successfully create social change. The teach-in event, hosted by the UCLA labor studies department, aimed to demonstrate the importance of nonviolent movements today and featured speakers from the Holy Faith Episcopal Church, United Teachers of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Black Workers Center. Read more...

Photo: James Lawson Jr., a nonviolent activist who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at a teach-in event hosted by the UCLA Labor Center. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)



Nonprofit expands clothing drive to include hygiene products for the homeless

Student organizations are expanding a clothing donation initiative to collect hygiene products and create a basic-needs redistribution center on campus. Good Clothes Good People, a nonprofit organization that redistributes donated clothes locally, collaborated with student groups, such as Bruin Visual Arts Club, Hunger Project at UCLA and the LGBT Campus Resource Center, to expand its clothing donation bin program this year. Read more...