Faculty across the state’s higher education system are pushing for a new law this year that would expand the state’s nascent public collective bargaining infrastructure to include professors and other professional staff — a sharp break from years of control of the process by the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE).

The triple conviction, Tuesday evening, of the former police officer who resulted in the death of George Floyd after an arrest that went wrong in 2020 now gives hope to activists for a profound reform of the police force in the United States. According to them, this police force has maintained for decades a systemic racism of which African-Americans, mostly men, are the main victims.

The world watched as former officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on George Floyd’s neck for nine and a half minutes. Tuesday’s verdict sent shockwaves across the country.

We seem to have found ourselves in a bit of a pickle. As of April 16th, there have been 147 mass shootings in the United States. Since the start of the trial against former cop Derek Chauvin for the recorded murder of George Floyd, a mere three weeks ago, there have been more than 60 people killed by police officers. More than half of them were Black or of Latin American descent. Without researching the details, I can guarantee that a vast majority, if not all of them involved a gun.

An increasing number of higher education institutions are requiring students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before attending campuses in the fall. Among these are Rutgers University, Cornell University, Duke University, and Brown University.

A young Las Vegas woman is fighting in the hospital, after her family says she suffered a severe reaction to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.

Ozone pollution in Las Vegas has improved, but the city still ranks among the most polluted metro areas in the country, according to a newly released report by the American Lung Association.

As we wait to see who will take home the Oscar for best picture, students at UNLV are hoping to be future filmmakers.

As we wait to see who will take home the Oscar for best picture, students at UNLV are hoping to be future filmmakers.