In The News: College of Liberal Arts
For many children in the U.S., the usual back-to-school jitters are likely to be a lot more intense this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The US presidential primary is now over, and the Democratic Party will gather virtually in the coming hours for its national convention. The event will see Joe Biden officially named the Democratic candidate for the presidential election.
As Sen. Kamala Harris settles in as Joe Biden’s running mate, it’s putting her history and views under scrutiny, including her stance on marijuana.
While President Donald Trump continues to drive unsubstantiated claims that increased vote-by-mail efforts this year will lead to voter fraud, election officials warn of another, far likelier threat: delayed results.
Each year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation issues a list of the 11 Most Endangered Places in America. I have the pleasure of chairing the board of Preserve Nevada, which has issued its annual list of 11 endangered spots in our state.
Black Lives Matter movement advocates have called for greater investment in and support for Black-owned businesses since June when protests over George Floyd’s murder errupted across the country, including Nevada.
Black Lives Matter movement advocates have called for greater investment in and support for Black-owned businesses since June when protests over George Floyd’s murder errupted across the country, including Nevada.
Southern Nevada, like much of the country, is struggling to come to terms with racial justice. The death of George Floyd was followed by dozens of protests in the streets of Las Vegas.
Zitkála-Šá: Trailblazing American Indian Composer and Writer | Illuminating the stories of extraordinary American heroines from the early years of feminism, American Masters — Unladylike2020 is a multimedia series consisting of a one-hour special for broadcast (Unladylike2020: The Changemakers) and 26 digital short films featuring courageous, little-known and diverse female trailblazers from the turn of the 20th century. These women achieved many firsts, including earning an international pilot’s license, becoming a bank president, founding a hospital, fighting for the desegregation of public spaces, exploring the Arctic, opening a film studio, and singing opera at Carnegie Hall.
How would you like to be put in charge of fixing Nevada's unemployment system, a system that was never designed to handle the hundreds of thousands of claims from our COVID-19 economic collapse?
Seventy-five years ago today, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on an unsuspecting city. Within a matter of seconds, steel girders evaporated and a city disappeared, with more than 140,000 killed.
What sort of staying power does it take for a protest movement to be judged a success?