Jono Schaffer once sat with hundreds of fellow strikers on the curb of a bustling L.A. street. Their statement stopped cars, created traffic and prompted highway patrollers to beg the workers to leave. A member of the Service Employees International Union, Schaffer chuckles constantly in an online video while telling UCLA students of the times he went on strike. Read more...

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Union activist Victoria Marquez (left) shares her personal collection with UCLA students Jon Raissi (center) and Andrew Gomez (right).

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UCLA professors, students and administrators traveled to the Middle East to discuss the economic future of the region with a number of renowned dignitaries last week. The sixth annual Enriching the Middle East's Economic Future Conference was held in Qatar, a coastal country bordering Saudi Arabia. Read more...

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Political science Professor Steven Spiegel discusses his visit to Qatar, where he participated in a forum about the Middle East’s political and economic future. As director of the Center for Middle East Development, he also worked to organize the forum.