Critical race theory scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw emphasized the importance of standing up to oppressive systems at a Thursday event promoting her memoir. Crenshaw, a distinguished law professor at UCLA, shared anecdotes from her upcoming book “Backtalker” at the event. Read more...
Photo: Critical race theory scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw speaks at a Thursday event promoting her memoir. Crenshaw emphasized the importance of standing up to oppressive systems. (Elle Smith/Daily Bruin)
A former United States ambassador to Russia said people should remain hopeful for a more democratic global future in a Thursday talk at the School of Law. Read more...
Photo: Michael McFaul, a former United States ambassador to Russia who served in the Obama administration for five years, is pictured. McFaul said people should remain hopeful for a more democratic global future in a Thursday talk at the School of Law. (Elle Smith/Daily Bruin)
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)
This post was updated April 5 at 9:46 p.m. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Friday from requiring California universities to share the personal data of applicants and admitted students with the federal government. Read more...
Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Friday from requiring California universities to share the personal data of applicants and admitted students with the federal government. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 31 at 11:10 p.m. UCLA campus attorneys advised staff to remove website language that appeared to target students from specific identity groups in response to the Trump administration’s anti-diversity directives, a former UCLA equity advisor said. Read more...
Photo: Murphy Hall is pictured. UCLA campus attorneys advised staff to remove website language that may be seen as targeting students from specific identity groups amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 24 at 9:07 a.m. UC community members called on the University to support basic needs initiatives, repatriate Indigenous cultural items and restore funding for certain academic support programs at the UC Board of Regents’ March meeting. Read more...
Photo: UC President James Milliken and UC Board of Regents’s Chair Janet Reilly are pictured at UC San Francisco. UC community members called on the University to support basic needs initiatives, repatriate Indigenous cultural items and restore certain academic support programs at the UC Board of Regents’s March meeting (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated March 29 at 8:09 p.m. UCLA’s Honorific Naming Committee unanimously recommended the removal of Cesár E. Chávez’s name from the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies on Friday, following a New York Times investigation that revealed his alleged sex abuse. The committee – which received the request from the department Wednesday – sent its recommendation to Chancellor Julio Frenk and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, according to a Friday letter obtained by the Daily Bruin. Read more...
Photo: A statement issued by UCLA’s Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies – in which it announced that it voted to remove Cesár E. Chávez’s name from its title – appears on a computer screen. UCLA’s Honorific Naming Committee unanimously recommended the removal of Cesár E. Chávez’s name from the department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies on Friday, according to a recommendation letter obtained by the Daily Bruin. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
