50 years after the Chicano Blowouts, still waiting for justice and the need to reject more police in our schools

Fifty years ago, on March 1st, 1968, several hundred Mexican…

From Climate Debt to Climate Justice: Debtor Organizing and the Fight for Climate Repair

A Venice Justice Committee Report via UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy

COMMON SENSE LAW: Making Right/s in the Liberal City

Thinking from Los Angeles, an exemplar of liberal urbanism, our research studies the spatial governance of mass homelessness.

50 years after the Chicano Blowouts, still waiting for justice and the need to reject more police in our schools

Fifty years ago, on March 1st, 1968, several hundred Mexican…
March 16, 2018/by cbarrera

2018 Activists-in-Residence Welcomed at Reception

The Institute on Inequality and Democracy (II&D) at the…
January 16, 2018/by cbarrera

Activist-in-Residence Program

With a shared commitment to advance democracy through research…
October 2, 2017/by cbarrera

#ChallengeIneq Newsletter

In this newsletter, our very first, we share glimpses of our…
July 7, 2017/by cbarrera

Resource Guide for Resistance

The UCLA Abolitionist Planning Group produced a resource guide…
May 8, 2017/by cbarrera

Video of “Judith Butler: This is What Resistance Looks Like”

We are delighted to share the complete video of "Judith Butler:…
March 15, 2017/by cbarrera

‘Day of Remembrance’ Blends History and Activism

Marking the passage of 75 years since a presidential executive…
March 1, 2017/by cbarrera

The Audacity of ‘Woke’

The meaning of the word "woke" used to be so simple before modern…
February 21, 2017/by cbarrera

Video of “From the Frontlines of Justice”

We are delighted to share the complete video of "From the Frontlines…
February 9, 2017/by cbarrera

Responding to the Call in a ‘Post-Truth’ World

Teach! Organize! Resist!

That was the call by organizers of…
January 23, 2017/by cbarrera

3 Truths About Trumpism

Truth is out of fashion. Truth is past its expiration date. The…
January 18, 2017/by cbarrera

A Day of Teaching, Ideas and Action

By Stan Paul

The Institute on Inequality and Democracy at…
January 12, 2017/by cbarrera

From the Frontlines of Justice

We invite you to join us at "From the Frontlines of Justice"…
January 12, 2017/by cbarrera

Divesting from Whiteness: The University in the Age of Trumpism

My pinned tweet says that I will neither participate in nor condone…
November 29, 2016/by cbarrera

After Trump

By: Robin D.G. Kelley
Donald J. Trump’s election was a national…
November 16, 2016/by cbarrera

In Defense of Poverty

Inequality bothers me. I am troubled by the persistence & prevalence…
July 20, 2016/by cbarrera

Urban Color-Lines

We present a short video, which captures the Institute’s mission…
May 13, 2016/by cbarrera

Reflections on China and Urban Planning by a UCLA Legend

May 10, 2016/by cbarrera

Luskin School Students Interview Urban Color-Lines Activists

March 2, 2016/by cbarrera

The Relational Poverty Network at Urban Color-Lines

At the beginning of February 2016, the four of us—Yui Hashimoto…
March 2, 2016/by cbarrera

Luskin Lecture: David Simon on “The Audacity of Despair”

 



We are delighted to share the complete Luskin…
February 29, 2016/by cbarrera

Shining a Powerful Light on Social Injustice

By Stan Paul and George Foulsham
In one of the poorest neighborhoods…
February 17, 2016/by webteam

David Simon: The Great Divide in the ‘Two Americas’

By George Foulsham
Fractured. Rigged. Tragic.
David Simon…
February 10, 2016/by webteam

UCLA Institute to Focus on Activists Tackling Inequality

In 2014, the Chicago Housing Authority opened its public housing…
February 5, 2016/by webteam

Urban Color-Lines Event Challenges Racial Segregation

Scholars, artists and activists gathered Feb. 4 and 5 for the…
February 5, 2016/by webteam

School of Public Affairs launched Institute on Inequality and Democracy

The Luskin School of Public Affairs will launch an interdisciplinary…
February 3, 2016/by webteam

New Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy to Launch with Series of Events Feb. 4–5

A new kind of Institute has come to UCLA. Led by Ananya Roy,…
January 22, 2016/by webteam

UCLA Luskin Professor Ananya Roy Has a ‘Clear Mandate’ for Social Justice

By Stan Paul
On day one of teaching her first UCLA undergraduate…
January 19, 2016/by webteam