In The News: Department of History

Jezebel

The shoe winks at danger and hints at selling sex but can you commute in it?

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The shoe winks at danger and hints at selling sex but can you commute in it?

Las Vegas Review Journal

Southern Nevada’s economy has been on a major rebound, with stimulus money and pent-up demand for leisure and travel helping fuel a record period of revenue and gaming win along the Strip corridor.

Las Vegas Review Journal

It’s easy to take Bishop Gorman’s athletic success for granted. The Gaels have been so dominant for so long that their accomplishments become almost routine. But doing that would be a mistake.

Iowa Public Radio

After the discovery of mass graves of Indigenous students in Canada, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced an investigation of Indian boarding schools in the U.S. Students of one such government-funded school in Nevada say that inquiry couldn't come soon enough.

JSTOR Daily

As more women went to college, department stores catered to them by setting up pop-up “college shops” every September.

NPR

After the discovery of mass graves of Indigenous students in Canada, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced an investigation of Indian boarding schools in the U.S. Students of one such government-funded school in Nevada say that inquiry couldn't come soon enough.

KPFA

William J. Bauer, Jr. is an enrolled citizen of the Round Valley Indian Tribes and Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the co-author, with history Professor Damon B. Akins, of the book We Are the Land: A History of Native California.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Slot play in Nevada’s casinos dropped like a rock when the Great Recession hit.

KRXI Fox 11

So far, the GOP primary field numbers three: Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, Reno Attorney Joey Gilbert, and North Las Vegas Mayor, former Democrat-turned-Republican John Lee.

Refinery29

Before the start of the pandemic, Rosy Alvarez was already sick of wearing bras.

Elko Daily Free Press

With just weeks left before the start of the fall semester — and the near-full scale return of college students, faculty and staff to in-person activity on campuses across the country — more than 600 colleges and universities have sought to implement requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine as cases and hospitalizations have surged.