In The News: Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies
Millions of spectators tuned in Friday to watch the opening ceremony of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But will the behind-the-scenes happenings keep viewers coming back for the next two weeks even more than the feats of athletic prowess?
Southern states have an opportunity to delve into their history to honor forgotten Blacks worthy of notice.
Experts say debates about marketability have disguised racist ideas, particularly in the context of a sport considered so "traditionally American" and an undeniably skilled player who is Asian.
The battles over critical race theory and Southern heritage are really about a narrow, exclusionary reading of our past.
Native students at Nevada’s two land-grant universities feel they aren’t getting the support they need. But work is underway to change that.
The declaration of Juneteenth as a new federal holiday last week has drawn excitement in Nevada, along with a determination to ensure that the history and purpose of the holiday — which marks the day that one of the last groups of enslaved people in the U.S. was informed of emancipation — are learned and valued.
Police dog bites send thousands of people to emergency departments every year. Most of these bite victims are men, and studies show that in some places, they have been disproportionately Black.
Police dog bites send thousands of people to emergency rooms every year.
The cacophonous gyms of Texas were, in many ways, Natalie Chou’s second childhood home. And yet a part of her felt out of place.
On June 19, 1865, the last of the African American slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally told they were free, about two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Juneteenth, a day that memorializes the emancipation of slaves in this country, is now a federal holiday.
Tyler Parry joins Speak Up! to discuss the history of “Jumping the Broom.”