In The News: College of Liberal Arts

USA Today

The political perception of the tax cuts is expected to be a crucial factor in the 2026 midterm elections, where Trump's fellow Republicans are trying to hold slim majorities in Congress.

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump will look to brush off concerns about the economy and the sagging political prospects of his Republican Party during a campaign-style swing through the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona this week, as the war with Iran pushes gasoline prices higher. Trump is set to use a Thursday stop in Las Vegas to tout his tax and immigration bill ‌that includes campaign promises tailored to court hourly and hospitality workers.

Financial Times

Absenteeism that rose dramatically during Covid-19 has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels. The costs are mounting

Library Talks Podcast

In this episode of Library Talks, acclaimed author Maile Chapman discusses The Spoil, her first novel in 15 years, with Larissa MacFarquhar of The New Yorker. The Spoil is a gripping and often terrifying story of familial grief in which the past is both elusive and paralyzing, and daily realities give way to mysteries between science and spirit.

Nevada Independent

Nevada’s top gubernatorial candidates disagree on what’s causing high prices at the pump. Voters are paying attention.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

The Shutdown Fairness Act would make it illegal to withhold pay from workers like TSA officers during a government shutdown. Union leaders for the TSA at Harry Reid International Airport said the passing of the act would mean peace of mind and stability after weeks of uncertainty, as workers have shown up faithfully without pay to work. The airport has experienced some of the lowest call-out rates, averaging around 10 percent.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Dozens of people gathered near Red Rock Sunday to rally against federal plans to round up wild horses and burros in Nevada. Protesters said the Bureau of Land Management is preparing to remove thousands of animals statewide between now and June, with particular concern for herds in the Spring Mountains. Advocates say this period overlaps with foaling season.

Telegraph

Women thrive on the liberty, autonomy and freedom to make their own way denied them by this regressive movement

KNPR News

Black Mountain Institute recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. The literary institute has been a staple in the Las Vegas community, and a vital resource for writers and creative scholars at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Futurism

The tradwife aesthetic, as it’s sold to women, is easy enough to understand. In our world of social media addiction and dead-end wage labor, it can be tempting to find comfort in the sourdough fantasy of post-war soda ads: a retreat to a simpler, if not archaic, time in recent history.

Las Vegas Review Journal

All but 11,875 mail-in ballots cast in Nevada’s two most populous counties during the 2024 general election arrived at county offices by the end of Election Day. The future of a 2020 Nevada law that allows counties to accept mail ballots after Election Day, however, is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, which is deliberating a similar Mississippi law.

Hysteria Podcast

In this episode, Erin and Alyssa talk about Trump’s nuclear war threats, Congressman Tony Gonzales sex pesting, again, and ICE’s pattern of lies. Then they dissect Pam Bondi’s ousting, and why Republicans’ gaggle of trad wives can’t escape the patriarchal system they champion.