In The News: College of Liberal Arts

Live Science

Humans have been expressing thoughts with language for tens (or perhaps hundreds) of thousands of years. It's a hallmark of our species — so much so that scientists once speculated that the capacity for language was the key difference between us and other animals. And we've been wondering about each other's thoughts for as long as we could talk about them.

Las Vegas Review Journal

It wasn’t so long ago that Dean Heller seemed unbeatable.

Japan Today

Fifty years since it ignited Washington, the Watergate affair remains a cautionary tale on the threat of untrammeled presidential power and the yardstick against which all other political scandals are judged.

Al Jazeera America

Fifty years after it set Washington on fire, the Watergate affair remains an instructive story about the threat of unfettered presidential power and the yardstick by which all other political scandals are judged.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Three competitive races in Southern Nevada are key to control of Congress.

PBS

The primary election is done in Nevada. Now candidates and voters are looking ahead to the General Election in November. Our experts will analyze the primary election and give their thoughts to what’s ahead for the General Election.

PBS

The primary election is done in Nevada. Now candidates and voters are looking ahead to the General Election in November. Our experts will analyze the primary election and give their thoughts to what’s ahead for the General Election.

Deseret News

Nevada is one of three toss-up states Senate Democrats are defending

La Prensa

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, journalists who publicized the scandal that led to Richard Nixon's departure from power, talk about the parallels with Donald Trump.

El Colombiano

Some historians believe that the story of former US President Richard Nixon will be overshadowed by what is happening with Donald Trump.

Public News Service

Nevada saw a landslide victory in its Democratic rimary this week for a state lawmaker who says she was targeted by Southwest Gas and other groups for promoting climate-change legislation.

KCRW

You might not know it, but there’s a cottage industry in Los Angeles that supports women interested in eating their placentas in the early days of motherhood for the reputed health benefits.