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October
- Oct. 2, 2026, Opinion: America Has Forgotten How to Listen
Mertcan Güngör and Peter Ditto, Newsweek and MSN
September
- Sept. 27, 2026, OC officials, nonprofit, schools work to help formerly incarcerated find jobs, purpose
Hector Cervantes (’18, BA history; ’20, MA UPPP), The Orange County Register, also ran in MSN - Sept. 20, 2026, Elizabeth Loftus: “Emotion is no guarantee that a memory is authentic”
Elizabeth Loftus, Ara - Sept. 20, 2026, Psychology says people who stop correcting other people’s facts as they age aren’t losing their edge — they’ve worked out that being right costs more than it pays, and they’re spending differently now
Susan Charles, Bolde, also ran in Yahoo Lifestyle - Sept. 17, 2026, What science reveals about the reliability of eyewitness memory
Elizabeth Loftus, Scientific American, also ran in Yahoo News - Sept. 15, 2026, How a people-first workplace boosts creativity
Paul Piff, Fast Company - Sept. 14, 2026, Later phones, happier classrooms, study shows
Candice Odgers, The Educator - Sept. 14, 2026, Raising kids in a digital world with less fear, more strategy
Candice Odgers, National Cyber Security - Sept. 10, 2026, Psychologist wins Ig Nobel for proving rich drivers are the worst
Paul K. Piff, Phys.org - Sept. 10, 2026, Trump reiterates positions on immigration, border during visit to National Medal of Honor Museum
Charis Kubrin, KERA - Sept. 4, 2026, Oxford biologists’ definition of a kiss earns spoof Nobel prize
Paul Piff, The Telegraph - Sept. 4, 2026, Parents delayed giving school pupils smartphones – it made their children and the overall group happier
Candice Odgers, The Independent - Sept. 3, 2026, Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study
Paul Piff, The Guardian - Sept. 3, 2026, 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes
Paul K. Piff, Chemical & Engineering News
August
- Aug. 31, 2026, Furious Finale: Hart Island Gets Fentanyl, DNA, and Amnesia Forensics Right
Elizabeth Loftus, Tech Times - Aug. 29, 2026, Why Travel May Be Better For Your Mental Health Than You Think, Research Finds
Paul Piff, Times Now - Aug. 29, 2026, Studies reveal how instability may shape infant attention, brain activity and emotional regulation
Denise Werchan, Medical Xpress, also ran in MSN - Aug. 29, 2026, What can we learn from Australia’s social media ban for teens?
Candice Odgers, Popular Science - Aug. 28, 2026, This L.A. heatwave is hitting Latinos harder than anyone else
Michael Mendez, Los Angeles Times (De Los newsletter) - Aug. 28, 2026, UCLA Study Finds Gaps in Protections for Eaton Fire Recovery Workers
Michael Méndez, Pasadena Now - Aug. 26, 2026, The Surprising Mental-Health Benefits of Getting Away
Paul Piff, The Wall Street Journal - Aug. 26, 2026, Will Meta’s Changes Benefit Young Users’ Mental Health?
Candice Odgers, The New York Times - Aug. 25, 2026, Scientists Trace Half of West Water Crisis to Named Fossil Fuel Giants
David Feldman, Tech Times, also ran in MSN - Aug. 24, 2026, Fearing ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Water Cuts, Nevada Sues Feds Over Colorado River Plan
David Feldman, Inside Climate News - Aug. 24, 2026, Language barriers can create added challenges during Reno-area wildfire evacuations
Michael Méndez, KRXI Fox 11 - Aug. 23, 2026, Decades of research say eyewitness testimony can't be trusted. These scientists say otherwise
Elizabeth Loftus, BBC Science, also ran in MSN - Aug. 20, 2026, The Parents Are MAGA. The Kids Are Liberal. Can YouTube Help?
Mertcan Güngör and Peter Ditto, The New York Times - Aug. 19, 2026 (Video), Lack of tree cover creates health risks in Phoenix’s hottest neighborhood
Michael Méndez, KTVK - Arizona’s Family - Aug. 19, 2026, In A Plot Twist For Conservatives, New Data Finds No Link Between Immigrants And Crime
Charis E. Kubrin, Yahoo News and HuffPost - Aug. 18, 2026, ‘That was fun.’ As L.A. burned, online gamblers bet on how much the fires would destroy
Michael Méndez, Los Angeles Times - Aug. 17, 2026, Australia’s Social Media Ban for Teens May Not Be the Best Solution, But It’s Certainly Getting People Talking
Candice Odgers, Smithsonian Magazine - Aug. 17, 2026, Major US study finds undocumented immigration does not increase neighbourhood crime
Charis E. Kubrin, DownToEarth - Aug. 17, 2026, Un estudio desmonta el supuesto vínculo entre inmigración indocumentada y delincuencia
Charis E. Kubrin, La Opinión - Aug. 17, 2026, Estudio en miles de barrios de EE.UU. desmonta matriz trumpista sobre nexo entre migrantes y crimen
Charis E. Kubrin, Tercera Informacion - Aug. 17, 2026, Az illegális bevándorlás önmagában nem növeli a bűnözés arányát
Charis E. Kubrin, Qubit - Aug. 17, 2026, Le lien entre immigration et criminalité réfuté (encore)
Charis E Kubrin, Science-Presse - Aug. 17, 2026, Immigrazione clandestina e criminalità, uno studio USA smentisce i pregiudizi
Charis E. Kubrin, laRegione - Aug. 17, 2026, L'immigrazione clandestina non aumenta il tasso di criminalità
Charis E. Kubrin, tio - Aug. 17, 2026, Масштабное исследование опровергло рост преступности из-за нелегальной миграции
Charis E. Kubrin, Point - Aug. 15, 2026, Retrial or relief: Tameshia Shelton’s murder case is at a crossroads
Simon Cole, The Dispatch - Aug. 15, 2026 (Opinion), Op-ed: The state’s housing laws are working as intended
UCI-OC Poll, Daily Pilot - Aug. 14, 2026, Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds
Charis E. Kubrin, Nature - Aug. 14, 2026, Link Click Season 3 Streams Now: Its Time-Travel Rules Are Real Neuroscience
Elizabeth Loftus, Tech Times - Aug. 14, 2026, Stor studie finner ingen økning i voldskriminalitet når andelen papirløse øker
Charis E. Kubrin, utrop - Aug. 13, 2026, Large-Scale Study Finds No Link Between Crime and Unauthorized Immigration, University of California, Irvine Reports
Charis E. Kubrin, Sierra Sun Times - Aug. 13, 2026, Ученые не нашли связи между нелегальной иммиграцией и ростом преступности
Charis E. Kubrin, Naked Science - Aug. 13, 2026, What can we learn from Australia’s social media ban for teens?
Candice Odgers, Knowable Magazine and Yahoo News - Aug. 12, 2026, Study of Nearly 50 Million U.S. Residents Finds Undocumented Immigration Does Not Drive Crime
Charis E. Kubrin, The Latin Times - Aug. 12, 2026, New study reveals Trump's crime claims about immigrants are completely false
Charis E. Kubrin, MSN - Aug. 12, 2026, Large-Scale Study Finds No Link Between Crime and Unauthorized Immigration
Charis E. Kubrin, Homeland Security News Wire - Aug. 12, 2026, There’s No Link Between Crime and Unauthorized Immigration
Charis E. Kubrin, Nautilus - Aug. 11, 2026, Huge New Study Shows Trump Is Wrong About Undocumented Immigrants And Crime
Charis E. Kubrin, HuffPost, also ran in Yahoo News - Aug. 11, 2026, Aux États-Unis, les sans-papiers ne font pas augmenter la criminalité
Charis E. Kubrin, Pieuvre - Aug. 11, 2026, Nessun aumento dei crimini dove cresce l’immigrazione irregolare
Charis E. Kubrin, 30Science News - Aug. 11, 2026, Large-scale study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration
Charis E. Kubrin, Phys.org - Aug. 9, 2026, The American Dream Hasn’t Died — It’s Being Redefined, Generation by Generation
Jon Gould, Parriva - Aug. 7, 2026, Orange County residents say the American dream is slipping away
Jon Gould, Phys.org - Aug. 7, 2026, How does Orange County define the ‘American dream’? Depends on who you ask, a new poll finds
Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - Aug. 3, 2026, Daily social connections may improve long-term health and cognition
Susan Charles, News Medical - Aug. 3, 2026, Cal Poly housing expansion relies on $3.3 million in prison-made furniture
Susan Turner, Mustang News - Aug. 2, 2026, Influence of California’s independent voters in the 2026 election growing
Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - Aug. 1, 2026, Bombshell poll shows Steve Hilton leading Xavier Becerra in major California county
Jon Gould, California Post
July
- July 31, 2026, Before You Buy Another Productivity Tool, Consider Your Microwave
Sarah Pressman, The New York Times – Wirecutter - July 29, 2026, California cops more likely to search & arrest people they perceive as transgender
Jordan Grasso (’25, PhD CLS) and Caro Mooney, LGBTQ Nation - July 29, 2026, Latest UCI Poll Shows OC Evenly Divided on CA Gov Race
Jon B. Gould, mynewsLA - July 29, 2026, What Orange County voters tell us about the state of the race for California governor
Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - July 29, 2026, Halperin Park raises hopes and gentrification fears in Oak Cliff
Doug Houston, Yahoo News (The Dallas Morning News) - July 20, 2026, California is in a population slump. These 7 cities are booming anyway
School of Social Ecology’s Metropolitan Futures Initiative, San Francisco Chronicle - July 18, 2026, Should parents shield their kids from technology? Yes and no, experts say
School of Social Ecology, Orange County Register - July 16, 2026, Sunset Strip flooded by ruptured 110-year-old water line, another blow to L.A.’s ancient infrastructure
David Feldman, Los Angeles Times - July 16, 2026, The social media ban skeptic: are we getting it wrong on kids, tech and mental health?
Candice Odgers, The Guardian - July 9, 2026, What If It’s Not the Phone?
Candice Odgers, The Atlantic - July 8, 2026, The Uses and Abuses of the “Worst of the Worst”
Keramet Reiter, Dissent Magazine - July 8, 2026, Only 23% of O.C. residents feel local government works for them. Here’s why.
Jon Gould, Daily Pilot (Times OC Newsletter) - July 3, 2026, Who does local government work for? O.C. residents polled say not the people
Jon Gould, Daily Pilot - July 2, 2026, A major online safety bill for kids just passed the House. Here’s what experts say parents need to know
Candice Odgers, CNBC - July 1, 2026, Santana: Is It Time to Overhaul Orange County’s Government?
Jon Gould, Voice of OC
June
- June 30, 2026 (Opinion), AI Doesn’t Just Misinform Patients. It Gives Them a Plausible Story.
Elizabeth Loftus, MedPage Today - June 30, 2026 (Video), Venezuela earthquake survivors dealing with limited access to healthcare
Roxane Cohen Silver, CNN - June 30, 2026, OC residents still trust county government despite Andrew Do scandal, new UCI-OC Poll finds
Jon Gould, Orange County Register - June 30, 2026, Fresh polling: Orange County angst
Jon Gould, Politico - June 26, 2026 (Audio), A psychologist makes the case against social media bans for kids
Candice Odgers, NPR - June 25, 2026, CDCR Celebrates Incarcerated Students’ College Graduations
LIFTED, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - June 2026, The Outrage Spiral—What Can Help Us Break the Cycle?
Peter Ditto, John Templeton Foundation - June 22, 2026, Quote of the day by renowned psychologist Elizabeth Loftus
Elizabeth Loftus, The Economic Times - June 15, 2026, There’s a Name for the People Who Drain You
Karen S. Rook, The Atlantic - June 15, 2026, CALCTRA job certifications, apprenticeships earned at CSP‑Solano
Center for Evidence-Based Corrections, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - June 14, 2026, UC Irvine experiment helps prisoners and professors feel hope
Keramet Reiter, Orange County Register - June 9, 2026 (Video), The Shifting Identity of Orange County, California
Jon Gould, OC World - June 9, 2026, This US neighborhood is full of hazardous air pollution. Can a network of sensors make ‘the invisible visible’?
Michael Mendez, The Guardian - June 8, 2026, Are we logging off too early? Researchers question social media bans
Monika Neff Lind, Social Care Today - June 5, 2026 (Video), ‘Political Breakups’: Why relationships are ending over disagreements in politics
Mertcan Güngör and Pete Ditto, KGET also ran in MSN - June 4, 2026, Locked up and alone: Sharp rise in Oregon State Hospital’s seclusion of patients pushed state to worst-in-nation status
Keramet Reiter, OregonLive - June 4, 2026 (Opinion), I Just Realized Why I Liked ‘Hacks’ So Much
Mertcan Güngör and Peter Ditto, The New York Times - June 4, 2026, Youth social media bans rest on studies that never tested children
Monika Neff Lind, Earth.com - June 1, 2026, Polarization is tearing personal relationships apart, with Democrats initiating the majority of political breakups
Mertcan Güngör and Peter H. Ditto, PsyPost - June 1, 2026 (Audio), What issues are at the forefront for SoCal voters?
Jon Gould, LAist - AirTalk
May
- May 29, 2026, Governments Are Banning Teens from Social Media Without Any Evidence It Will Help
Stephen Schueller and Candice Odgers, ScienceBlog - May 28, 2026, Teen social media bans spread despite limited evidence
CERES, Courthouse News Service - May 26, 2026 (Audio), One-Third of Americans Have Lost a Relationship Over Politics, New Study Says
Mertcan Güngör, KQED - Spring 2026, Expanding higher education in prison: Building a pipeline of sociology graduates
Keramet Reiter and Carroll Seron, Footnotes - May 23, 2026, The Energy You Bring to Work Might Matter More Than You Think
Sarah Pressman, Inc. - May 21, 2026, Some see white livestreamer’s freedom of speech claims as cover for race-baiting
Brandon Golob, Associated Press, also ran in Yahoo News - May 20, 2026, A Vacant Surgeon General’s Office Issues a Warning About Screen Time
Candice Odgers, The New York Times - May 18, 2026, Santana: How Will Orange County’s Purple Voters Impact the June Primary?
Jon Gould, Voice of OC - May 17, 2026, When politics enter the picture, credentials take a back seat
Mertcan Güngör, Phys.org - May 15, 2026, Colin Powell School names Social Mobility Lab research grant recipients
Paul Piff, The City College of New York - May 13, 2026, The Science is Not Settled: How Weak Evidence is Fueling a National Push to Ban Social Media for Youth
Candice Odgers, Electronic Frontier Foundation - May 10, 2026, UC Irvine Psychologists Report a Third of Americans Have Lost Relationships Over Political Differences; New Study Finds ‘Political Breakups' are Increasing
Mertcan Güngör and Peter Ditto, Sierra Sun Times - May 9, 2026 (Opinion), Children’s education is about more than a diploma
Paul Piff, The Philadelphia Inquirer - May 7, 2026, 'Political breakups': More than a third of Americans have experienced end of relationship due to differences
Peter Ditto and Mertcan Güngör, News Nation - May 6, 2026 (Audio), A Trump council recommends overhauling FEMA. Here are 3 key changes
Michael Méndez, NPR – All Things Considered - May 6, 2026, More than a third of Americans have ended relationships over politics, study finds
Mertcan Gungor and Peter H. Ditto, The Washington Times - May 6, 2026, Immigration crackdown souring Orange County’s view of Trump, poll finds
Jon Gould, Los Angeles Times
April
- April 29, 2026, UCI Poll Shows Opposition to Trump’s Immigration Enforcement
Jon B. Gould, My New LA - April 29, 2026, ‘Beyond Awestruck: The Scientific Search for Connection’ three-part docuseries studies feelings of awe invoked by Lake Tahoe
Paul Piff, Tahoe Daily Tribune - April 28, 2026, Latest UCI-OC Poll: Diverse county supports immigrants, split on Trump deportation policies
Jon B. Gould, The Orange County Register - April 28, 2026, Most OC residents want a path to legal status for immigrants. Most Republicans don’t
Jon B. Gould, LAist - April 27, 2026, Shreveport has a message for America: Don't look away
Also ran in MSN
E. Alison Holman, USA Today - April 25, 2026, Psychology says people who seem to “stop caring” as they get older aren’t becoming apathetic, they’re practicing emotional selectivity—and it’s the smartest survival strategy the brain has ever designed
Susan Turk Charles, Bolde, also ran in Yahoo Lifestyle - April 22, 2026, Does immigration enforcement reduce crime?
Charis E. Kubrin, KUOW - ControlF - April 18, 2026, Q&A: How research aims to improve bad housing data
Nicholas J. Marantz, Phys.org - April 13, 2026, Walking, baking or puzzling: What helps you relax the most?
Sarah Pressman, Stuff - April 11, 2026, ‘Moon joy’ and the overview effect—how views from space change us
Paul Piff, Scientific American, also ran in Yahoo News - April 10, 2026, Gen Z voters in conservative Orange County are splitting from their elders
School of Social Ecology, SF Gate - April 9, 2026, Morning Briefing: governor race poll in OC
Jon Gould, Spectrum News 1 - April 9, 2026, New UC Irvine survey shows Orange County is unhappy with Trump and Newsom
Jon B. Gould, The Orange County Register - April 8, 2026, The Age When Your Happiness Hits a Slump, and How to Turn It Around
Susan Charles, The Hearty Soul - April 8, 2026, UCI poll: Republicans Hilton, Bianco top OC choices in governor race
Jon Gould, Spectrum News 1 – City News Service - April 7, 2026, My Anxiety Is Keeping Me Up. How Can I Get Some Sleep?
Roxane Cohen Silver, The New York Times - April 6, 2026, Drake Appeal in ‘Not Like Us’ Case Slammed by Legal Scholars: ‘It Is Dangerous’
Charis E. Kubrin, Billboard - April 2, 2026, Meet the Awe Scientist
Paul Piff, Outside - April 1, 2026, 12 young adults graduated from the O.C. Young Adult Court program last month
Young Adult Court, New Santa Ana
March
- March 31, 2026, Collective Bargaining in International Economic Law: Critical Minerals, Regional Integration, and Value Addition
Iza Camarillo, Columbia Climate School - March 30, 2026, South Lake Tahoe documentary focused on how moments in nature can change us
Paul Piff, South Lake Tahoe Now - March 29, 2026, Justice Department to investigate California over housing of trans inmates at women’s prisons
Valerie Jenness, Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo News - March 26, 2026, S.F. Chronicle news quiz
Charis Kubrin, San Francisco Chronicle - March 25, 2026, Spending Time Outdoors is Great. Experiencing Awe is Even Better
Paul Piff, Outside - March 25, 2026, How Experiencing Awe Changes You
Paul Piff, Outside - March 24, 2026 (Audio), American apocalypse: The end 'feels personal and imminent'
Matthew Billet, Deutsche Welle - March 22, 2026, Psychologists say people who maintain the same small circle of friends for decades often share these 9 traits
Jessica Borelli, Bolde, also ran in Yahoo Lifestyle - March 20, 2026, The science behind awe, tested at Lake Tahoe
Paul Piff, Sierra Sun - March 19, 2026, ICE Crackdowns Weigh on Orange County Economy, Study Finds
UC Irvine Social Impact Hub, Hoodline - March 17, 2026, A new era for understanding mental health with smartphone-derived digital traces
Stephen Schueller, Nature - March 17, 2026, Americans Are Strangely Into the Apocalypse
Matthew Billet, Vice - March 17, 2026, Why LA County wants more mental health centers made for and by youth
Stephen Schueller, LAist - March 17, 2026, A UC professor won criminology’s highest honor. Americans still don’t believe her research
Charis E. Kubrin, San Francisco Chronicle - March 16, 2026, A New Study and Accompanying Docuseries Explore How Awe Can Boost Your Brain
Paul Piff, Outside - March 15, 2026, Is it really ‘that damn phone?’
Candice Odgers, The Panther - March 12, 2026 (audio), Ask an Expert: Research debunks deportation justification that immigrants are criminals
Charis Kubrin, KCBS Radio - March 12, 2026, Experts warn parents, educators to get ahead on Iran war conversations
Alison Holman, The Hill - March 11, 2026, UCI Study Challenges Immigration-Crime Myths in Southern California
Charis Kubrin, Hoodline - March 10, 2026 (Video), UC Irvine study challenges immigration crime myths
Charis Kubrin, Fox 11 Los Angeles - March 10, 2026, Nearly One-Third of Americans Expect World To End in Their Lifetime
Matthew I. Billet, Newsweek, also ran in The New York Post and MSN - March 9, 2026, The Resilient Energy Economies Initiative Announces Six Research Grants to Support Fossil Fuel-Dependent Communities
Nicola Ulibarri and Sage Kime, Columbia University - March 9, 2026 (Video), OC businesses lost millions after ICE enforcement, survey finds
T. William Lester, KNBC - March 9, 2026, One in three people believe the world will end in their lifetime, study shows
Matthew Billet, Daily Record (Scotland), also ran in Yahoo News and MSN - March 8, 2026, For UCI professor, sharing data about immigrants and crime is risky
Charis Kubrin, The Orange County Register - March 8, 2026, Pain of Combat Deaths Doesn’t Fade Over Time, Families Say
Roxane Cohen Silver, The New York Times - March 6, 2026, Apocalyptic Beliefs Are No Longer Fringe—And They’re Shaping How People Respond To Global Threats
Matthew I. Billet, Eurasia Review - March 6, 2026, How the sanctuary movement offers lessons for fighting ICE: ‘an impact that spans decades’
Susan Coutin, The Guardian - March 3, 2026, How to cope with distressing news stories amid global tensions, according to experts
Roxane Cohen Silver, The Independent - March 3, 2026, War Is In Your Pocket: The Mental Health Toll On Women
Roxane Cohen Silver, Forbes - March 2, 2026, Experts talk how to navigate distressing news stories and finding coping mechanisms
Roxane Cohen Silver, Associated Press, also ran in U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo News and MSN - March 1, 2026, Study reveals how end-of-world beliefs shape Americans' response to global threats
Matthew I. Billet, phys.org
February
- Feb. 28, 2026, The Drake Gives Fundraiser Returns April 23: A Night of Music and Inspiration in Laguna Beach
Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music & Social Change, Newport Beach Independent - Feb. 26, 2026, New Study Reveals the Overlooked Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Family Well-Being
Carolina Valdivia, Science Magazine - Feb. 22, 2026, Opinion: Rage at the machine: California’s gang suppression policies
Ryan Flaco Rising, The Orange County Register - Feb. 18, 2026, Study looks into whether immigrants impact crime
Charis Kubrin, Spectrum News 1 - Feb. 17, 2026, Why violent crime is dropping in US cities
Emily Owens, The Hill - Feb. 17, 2026, 3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts really think of them
Michael Méndez, NPR - Feb. 16, 2026, Documenting obstacles and solutions for democratic participation in Long Beach, California
Susan Coutin and Jahaira Pacheco, Phys.org - Feb. 8, 2026, Why travelling at least once a year is good for mental health. Here’s what experts say
Sarah Pressman, Firstpost - Feb. 6, 2026, UC IRVINE: Challenging California’s water ‘scarcity’ narrative
Nícola Ulibarrí, Maven’s Notebook - Feb. 6, 2026, Challenging California's water 'scarcity' narrative
Nícola Ulibarrí, Phys.org - Feb. 5, 2026, Oregon lawmakers revive effort to streamline compensation for wrongfully convicted
National Registry of Exonerations, Oregon Live - Feb. 5, 2026, Targeting debunked forensics, Oregon lawmakers propose narrowed wrongful conviction bill
National Registry of Exonerations, Oregon Capital Chronicle - Feb. 3, 2026, These are the best online degree programs, says U.S. News & World Report
M.A.S., University Business - Feb. 1, 2026 (Video), Immigration enforcement operations negatively impacting Orange County economy
Social Impact Hub, Spectrum News
January
- Jan. 30, 2026, Study Finds Labeling Cravings May Help Reduce Cigarette Urges
Golnaz Tabibnia, Gene Online - Jan. 30, 2026, Name it to tame it: Researcher discovers technique to reduce cigarette cravings
Golnaz Tabibnia, Medical Xpress - Jan. 29, 2026, ICE agreements with Texas police climb as new state law takes effect
Charis Kubrin, KXAN - Jan. 28, 2026, Climate Crisis: Report Flags Governance Failures and Donor Dependency As Major Hurdles to Liberia’s Adaptation Efforts
Nícola Ulibarrí, Front Page Africa - Jan. 28, 2026, California has plenty. So why do millions still struggle for food, water, and basic safety?
Nícola Ulibarrí, CalMatters - Jan. 27, 2026, Cypress Resolution Reaffirming Civil Rights Fizzles Out Amid ICE Raid Backlash
T. William Lester, Voice of OC - Jan. 27, 2026, U.S. News & World Report Reveals 2026 Best Online Programs Rankings
M.A.S. program, U.S. News & World Report - Jan. 26, 2026, Video evidence and eye witness accounts: Why people see different things
Elizabeth Loftus, Scientific American - Jan. 23, 2026, OC businesses took $58M economic hit as ICE sweeps ramped up, study says
Social Impact Hub, LAist - Jan. 23, 2026, OC businesses report they are struggling under ICE raids and tariffs, new survey says
T. William Lester and Raiven Greenberg, The Orange County Register, also ran in Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Jan. 22, 2026, Homicides fell sharply in large US cities in 2025, new report says
Emily Owens, USA Today, also ran in MSN - Jan. 22, 2026, What’s Behind the Staggering Drop in the Murder Rate? No One Knows for Sure.
Emily Owens, The New York Times - Jan. 18, 2026, EPA has options for cleaning up contaminated water in north OC, public meetings this month to take input
David Feldman, The Orange County Register - Jan. 18, 2026 (Opinion), Lucy Dunn: We’re about to undo what works on homelessness – at everyone’s expense
Livable Cities Lab and George Tita, The Orange County Register - Jan. 16, 2026, Opinion: Violent crime arrests among Orange County’s kids have doubled. Should we worry?
Ryan Flaco Rising, The Orange County Register - Jan. 9, 2026, New year, new name: CALPIA becomes CALCTRA
Susan Turner, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Jan. 9, 2026, Millions Turn to AI Chatbots for Mental Health Support
Stephen Schueller, JAMA - Jan. 9, 2026, What you need to know to feel less overwhelmed
Roxanne Cohen Silver, BBC Radio 4 - Jan. 6, 2026, CALPIA transitions to California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority
Susan Turner, Folsom Times
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