Through overcrowding, lockdowns, and medical neglect, the conditions in U.S. prisons have become unconstitutional, according to UC Berkeley legal scholar Jonathan Simon.

New research on why state-building interventions succeed in some nations and not others.

A groundbreaking long-term study by UC Berkeley researchers shows that playing with children has a profound impact on their future incomes.

Minimum wage increases in cities have significant benefits and fewer costs than expected, according to a team of UC Berkeley economists.

A new Social Science Matrix seminar is focused on finding radical new approaches to clinical health care.

An interview with a UC Berkeley graduate student who is studying how politics shaped the reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

How do you ask people in gang-ruled neighborhood whether they trust the police? A team of researchers are using a Matrix seminar to explore the most effective approaches for measuring communities' attitudes toward law enforcement.