In The News: Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies

Latinx is an alternative description for a Latino or Hispanic person but is the term catching on? The gender neutral word is meant to be more inclusive.

A podcast at the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý is using Black History Month as an opportunity to bring awareness to racism.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop announced the launch of its first self-branded vibrator on Sunday, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
For college students across the country, commencement formally marks the transition from student to graduate. Per tradition, most schools feature speakers, give out awards, organize departmental dinners – and, of course, designate caps and gowns for students to wear when they receive their diploma.

The effort to change the name of McCarran International Airport has taken flight again.

Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez can count on one hand how many teachers of color he had while growing up in east Las Vegas.

Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez can count on one hand how many teachers of color he had while growing up in east Las Vegas.

Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez can count on one hand how many teachers of color he had while growing up in east Las Vegas.

African Americans have some of the lowest vaccination numbers across the nation and here in the valley.

Real organs and real body parts, the BODIES exhibit at Luxor draws people in and educates them on the human body.
Kendra Gage starts off all her new classes addressing one obvious fact: she’s white.

Less than an hour before sundown, the men wrapped ÐÔÊӽ紫ý’s bronze Hey Reb! statue in a yellow sling and rigged it to a forklift.