In The News: College of Liberal Arts

CNN

More than $3 billion will be wagered on March Madness this year. Around $30 billion was bet on the last NFL season. All evidence of an explosion in sports gambling across this country.

The 19th

The rise of OnlyFans and AI has some sex workers concerned their likenesses will be exploited. They want protections from the Nevada brothels where they work.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Several Cesar Chavez Day celebrations in San Francisco, Texas, and Arizona have been canceled following allegations that the late Latino civil and labor rights leader abused young women and minors.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Six years ago on March 17, Nevada’s casino floors went dark as then-Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered all nonessential businesses to close, a move that delivered an immediate shock to Las Vegas and a tourism-dependent economy that would be battered for weeks.

Popular Science

Your inner monologue may be less constant than you think—more like a fridge light that turns on when you look.

Greater Good Magazine

While popular culture may lead you to believe that love and sex addictions are not only accepted conditions but also quite prevalent — think Frank in season 3 of White Lotus; Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest memoir All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation; and pretty much any cultural analysis of the actions of Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw around Mr. Big — the scientific understanding of problematic behaviors related to love and sex is far more nuanced.

Washington Times

Armenia’s June 7 election will determine whether the country continues its cautious westward shift or drifts back into Moscow’s orbit.

The Black Studies Podcast

In this conversation, we explore the importance of regional attentiveness in writing Black history in the United States, thinking blackness in the southwest, and the expansiveness of the Black Studies archive and imagination.

Nevada Independent

Nevada’s brothels have maintained a sturdy business model since their legalization in the 1970s. We dive into their policies and regulations.

Nevada Independent

The rise of OnlyFans and AI has some sex workers concerned their likenesses will be exploited. They want protections from the Nevada brothels where they work.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The American Gaming Association estimates Americans will legally wager $3.3 billion on the NCAA Division I basketball tournaments this year -- a 54% increase over the past three years, according to a news release Friday from the association.

Nevada Current

Nevada has earned an F grade in protections for human trafficking survivors on a report card prepared by the Polaris Project advocacy organization. Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, passed during the special legislation session in November, mandates state lawmakers to conduct an interim study on human trafficking and offer policies that could be taken up in the 2027 Legislation Session.