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Current Urban Affairs News
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A collection of news highlights featuring students and faculty.
Students share the moments that mirror — and defy — internship stereotypes in popular media.
Brookings foreign policy expert and UNLV faculty to discuss Southern border relationship as part of free public lecture series.
MPA student Andrea Rangelova gets a taste of Chile’s business practices to enrich her future professional experience.
Urban Affairs In The News
“Freedom” is often a Republican talking point, but Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to reclaim the concept for Democrats as part of her campaign for the presidency. In a speech at the Democratic National Convention last month, she declared that “fundamental freedoms” were at stake in the November election, including “the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis.”
James Watts, a third generation Las Vegan, and his partner, Lauren Tuvell, just fulfilled a dream that currently might feel out of reach for many long-time Nevada residents. They bought a house. But their purchase was hard-fought. Watts said they would tour a house, only to learn that somebody had already put an offer on it without ever having even seen it.
“Freedom” is often a Republican talking point, but Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to reclaim the concept for Democrats as part of her campaign for the presidency. In a speech at the Democratic National Convention last month, she declared that “fundamental freedoms” were at stake in the November election, including “the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis.”
The World and Everything in It Podcast: Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris defend their records while appealing to moderate voters during the debate
U.S. vice president Kamala Harris and former American president Donald Trump just wrapped up what's potentially their only presidential debate in Philadelphia.
The rising number of unhoused people and lack of affordable housing are problems that many cities and states struggle with. It’s not an issue that comes up a lot when politicians hit the campaign trail. Maybe because it seems so difficult. It’s also controversial. Do elected city officials really want to arrest people for camping on public sidewalks, which the Supreme Court now says they can?