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Luskin Center for History and Policy
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UCLA Luskin Center for History & Policy is the first center on the West Coast that generates historical analysis designed to inform and shape policy.

Website: https://luskincenter.history.ucla.edu/
then & now: https://luskinhistory.buzzsprout.com
Long erased from textbooks, this event remains crucial to understanding systemic racism and democracy today.

#WilmingtonMassacre #1898Coup #RacialTerrorism #USHistory #SystemicRacism #DemocracyUndermined #TruthInHistory #BlackHistory #HistoricalMemory
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In the decades since, however, key protections of the Voting Rights Act are being weakened, leaving questions of access and equity in our democracy unresolved.

#WashingtonDC #VotingRights #DCStatehood #CivilRightsMovement #RepresentationMatters #VotingEquity
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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#research #grantee #ucla #academia #history #policy #GlobalEducation #KnowledgeExchange #ChinaHistory #ScientificDevelopment #HigherEducation #AcademicExchange #EducationAbroad
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The crisis serves as a lesson in the importance of negotiation and diplomacy even when conflict seems inevitable.

#CubanMissileCrisis #ColdWarHistory #CrisisDiplomacy #ForeignPolicy #GlobalSecurity #NuclearDeterrence #JFK #Khrushchev
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The event became a defining test of presidential power and accountability. In recent weeks, removal of high-level officials and public figures who have criticized President Trump have made headlines, calling into question the limits of presidential power and accountability.
October 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The event became a defining test of presidential power and accountability. In recent weeks, removal of high-level officials and public figures who have criticized President Trump have made headlines, calling into question the limits of presidential power and accountability.
October 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Many institutions have shifted to recognizing October 13 as Indigenous Peoples Day to shift the focus from colonization and conquest to Indigenous survival, resilience, and ongoing resistance.
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM