In The News: Department of History

Palm Springs Life Magazine

Intimate performances once radiated the essence of Palm Springs cool.

KSNV-TV: News 3

After nearly 20 years, what started with retaliation following the 9/11 terror attacks ended with a chaotic evacuation and a Taliban takeover.

New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies

From the moment that Tsars as well as hierarchs realized that having their subjects go to confession could make them better citizens as well as better Christians, the sacrament of penance in the Russian empire became a political tool, a devotional exercise, a means of education, and a literary genre.

BBC World Service

Many of us are preparing to go back into the office but after more than a year of working from home for a lot of people, have we forgotten how to dress professionally?

The Independent

‘You do everything that we’ve already done and we’re not that impressed,’ says one millennial.

The Irish Echo

In a recent essay in the Irish Echo, Cian T. McMahon wrote, “Troubled by the sight of asylum seekers taking their chances in unsafe boats upon the Mediterranean Sea in recent years, John Roche of the Irish Red Cross has said that until European governments find ways to address the crises plaguing many countries in North Africa, ‘desperate people will continue to risk their lives on these coffin ships.’

Jezebel

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

Head Topics United States

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.