In The News: Department of Political Science

Washington Post

Our country’s path to political influence involves defecting from your hometown and congregating in one of a handful of wealthy neighborhoods. It’s undermining trust in government — and corroding our democracy.

Nevada Independent

Maria Nieto Orta was driving home to Las Vegas last week from a family vacation in Utah when she found out about a federal judge’s decision to close the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, to first-time applicants.

Yahoo!

The food experience of most Taiwanese includes "desktop breakfast shops" all over the streets, among which omelets and breakfast shop milk tea are classic items.

Deutsche Welle

After the conclusion of the BioNTech vaccine procurement case between TSMC and Hon Hai, Taiwan's representatives in Germany and the Presidential Palace have revealed some political obstacles and struggles in the negotiation process.

William Yang

All sides begin to pay attention to the political maneuvering behind the negotiation between BioNTech and two of Taiwan's biggest tech companies after they signed the deal last weekend.

Las Vegas Review Journal

If approved, the change would ban smoking — including the use of electronic cigarettes — and tobacco products such as chewing tobacco in all university spaces, both indoors and outdoors. It would apply to students, employees, contractors and vendors, and visitors.

Nevada Today

The Guinn Center’s senior team members and their areas of research and expertise are summarized below.

Courier Journal

Only a fraction of the thousands of formerly incarcerated people whose voting rights were restored in time for the 2020 election made it back on the voter rolls in four key states — Nevada, Kentucky, Iowa and New Jersey, a Marshall Project analysis found.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Only a fraction of the thousands of formerly incarcerated people whose voting rights were restored in time for the 2020 election made it back on to the voter rolls in four key states – Nevada, Kentucky, Iowa and New Jersey, a Marshall Project analysis found.

USA Today

At least 13 states have expanded voting rights for people with felony convictions between 2016 and 2020. As a result, millions of formerly incarcerated people across the country are now eligible to vote.

MSN

At least 13 states have expanded voting rights for people with felony convictions between 2016 and 2020. As a result, millions of formerly incarcerated people across the country are now eligible to vote.

Civil Net

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party won the election by a landslide. What happened and what does this say about polling in Armenia?