In The News: College of Liberal Arts

Sweeping Supreme Court opinions released Monday are expected to reshape how elections are run in more than half the states, raising new questions about what comes next for voting rules and future legal fights.

On a cool fall evening after the end of World War II, Las Vegas watched “officialdom and ‘cafe society’ turn out for the opening of America’s first all-you-can-eat buffet,” a local paper wrote.

When Ruby Duncan died, you found her obituaries all over the media here. That doesn’t often happen anymore, especially when the person in question never held a public office. But Ruby Duncan was a force for change who made a big difference in Nevada … and elsewhere.
The members of the United Brothel Workers are in the fight of their lives.

Gaming companies and casinos get bought and sold all the time. However, what happens when the two biggest operators in Nevada — with 23 total properties on the Strip — are the ones being bought?
A recently published case report in Frontiers in Neuroscience details how a high dose of psilocybin mushrooms appeared to temporarily restore specific daily functions and communication abilities in an individual with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest that certain brain networks might retain dormant capacities even in the late stages of neurodegeneration.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s announcement last week that he supports in vitro fertilization (IVF) is putting him on opposite sides of the state’s Republican Party, a declaration highlighting a broader divide among Republicans about how far the party should go in limiting reproductive rights after the Supreme Court ended the right to abortion. Paxton’s announcement comes as he is locked in a neck-and-neck race for U.S. Senate against Democrat James Talarico.

This July 4th marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. While the country celebrates, what do indigenous communities think of the celebrations?

If you're new to the state or just visiting, you may have been met with eyerolls whenever you try to say Nevada. Say Nuh-VAH-duh in a crowd of Nevadans and expect weird looks. To locals, the Silver State is pronounced Nuh-VĂD-uh. Yet politicians, celebrities and out-of-towners keep getting it wrong.

Despite supportive community efforts, the Vegas Strong Fund continues to raise funds for the project set to break ground in October.

One issue will decide Steven Cohen's vote for Nevada governor this fall: Which candidate can best protect him from getting kicked off Medicaid?
As evidenced by the popularity of "Yesteryear," a subculture of "traditional wives" is making big waves in the culture wars.