In The News: Department of History

Selma Frances Abdallah spent her early childhood in New York City, and the family moved to Oklahoma when the Depression destroyed her parents’ jobs in the garment industry. Going to school in Oklahoma she met Troy Bartlett, who was in the Army Air Corps and later the air force. In 1945, they married, and Selma Bartlett earned her degree from Hill Business College in Oklahoma City. She worked at a bank there until Troy was transferred at Nellis Air Force Base in 1954.

In 1913, government officials ripped 8-year-old Yerington Paiute Tribe member Frank Quinn from his family and placed him in the Stewart Indian Boarding School near Carson City. They took him so that they could strip him of his language, spirituality and culture.

Eight U.S. Senators crossed party lines on Sunday night in a deal to reopen the government. UNLV Historian and department chair Dr. Michael Green is questioning whether the efforts to expand healthcare subsidies will happen.

The thieves who stole some of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre last month while dressed as maintenance workers may have been a shock to some, but for the Mob Museum’s Claire White, the brazen tactics utilized in the heist were nothing new.

President Donald Trump set off a flurry of questions with a recent social media post that puts Nevada squarely at the center of the ultimate hot button issue: nuclear testing.

President Donald Trump set off a flurry of questions with a recent social media post that puts Nevada squarely at the center of the ultimate hot button issue: nuclear testing.
Last week, a Virginia couple filed an emergency motion to stop President Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing, citing violations of federal preservation laws. To learn more about the history of the East Wing, LiveNOW’s Shawna Khalafi is speaking with Michael Green, an associate professor of history in UNLV's Department of History.

President Donald Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing prompted quick condemnation from some Nevada congressional Democrats. It’s unclear exactly what directive Trump gave in a Wednesday post on his social media platform and whether he meant that a nuclear warhead should be detonated in the testing. But any changes to the program could run through Nevada, home of the former Nevada Test Site where nuclear weapons were once tested and are now maintained as the Nevada National Security Site.

The long-shuttered Eastside Cannery casino on the Boulder Strip, which closed during the COVID-19 pandemic and never reopened, will be demolished, according to Boyd Gaming.
Even from its earliest days, Las Vegas has aggressively marketed itself. The need to create and propel its own narratives, spur curiosity and try to overcome business lulls has resulted in many campaigns of varying reach and success.

Millions are expected to participate in "No Kings" protests across the U.S. tomorrow, as organizers aim to convey a message that America will not be governed by fear or force. The movement has drawn criticism from Republicans, who label it a "hate America rally." In Southern Nevada, five protests are scheduled, including in Henderson, Pahrump, Mesquite, and two in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas protests will occur at the federal courthouse downtown in the morning and in front of New York-New York on the Strip in the afternoon.

As the government shutdown enters its third week, concerns are mounting over its potential to surpass the record set during the 2018-2019 shutdown under President Donald Trump. UNLV history professor Michael Green noted, "Trump has a chance to pass the record. Which he set." This marks the first day several federal employees are going without a paycheck, with both sides entrenched in their positions.