In The News: Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

Vegas PBS

We examine trends in political party registration in the Latino community in Southern Nevada and what those patterns could mean for the upcoming midterm elections.

Newsweek

In 2018, Democrat Amy McGrath nearly accomplished the unthinkable when she came within three points of unseating Republican Representative Andy Barr in Kentucky's 6th Congressional District, a once-competitive pocket of the state that, for the last decade, has been dominated by Republicans.

Nevada Current

A single mother in Nevada makes 鈥嬧$10.50 per hour on minimum wage, or about $21,840.00 a year if she works full time. And then there鈥檚 the rent.

Las Vegas Sun

The Clark County School Board of the future could add two politically appointed members and a student representative, but the concept of a hybrid board isn鈥檛 warmly received by its current members.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Michael DiVincino鈥檚 earliest memory is of waking up to the FBI bursting into his family鈥檚 Las Vegas home in the 1960s to take his father away in handcuffs.

Agence France Presse

Campaigners for the frontrunners, Deputy President William Ruto and veteran politician Raila Odinga, are circulating dozens of posts claiming that their opponent is engaged in "vote rigging plots", said Benedict Manzin, a sub-Saharan Africa analyst at UK-based intelligence firm Sibylline.

Forbes

The term 鈥渇ake news鈥 has now become meaningless. Just ask Mary Blankenship, a policy researcher at 性视界传媒 and a native of Ukraine.

City Cast Las Vegas

Sex is a part of everyday life in Las Vegas. But there鈥檚 more to this conversation鈥nd most of us aren鈥檛 comfortable talking about it. Host Vogue Robinson talks with Rebecca Bosetti, assistant professor at the 性视界传媒 School of Social Work, about her new course, 鈥淪exual Behavior & Society: The Good, the Bad, and the Controversial,鈥 and why Las Vegas needs more sex-positive social workers.

Wall Street Journal

The easily understood 鈥榚xit velocity鈥 metric helps drive fans鈥 conversations, even if it isn鈥檛 always a useful predictor of success

Las Vegas Review-Journal En Espa帽ol

On a flight to Las Vegas earlier this month, a Florida family discussed how they planned to react in the unlikely event that they had to flee from an active shooter in a crowded place.

Las Vegas Review-Journal En Espa帽ol

On a flight to Las Vegas earlier this month, a Florida family discussed how they planned to react in the unlikely event that they had to flee from an active shooter in a crowded place.

Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegans dealing with homelessness will soon have access to newly upgraded facilities in downtown Las Vegas.