In The News: College of Liberal Arts
Sure, in the ’50s, he bought contracts to fix sporting events, earning multiple sports-bribery indictments. And sure, he was a suspect in multiple business and car bombings in Miami in the ’60s, which is allegedly why he fled to Las Vegas in 1968 in the first place. But Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal was also the very first operator of a Las Vegas Strip resort to hire female dealers for table games, which makes him a champion for women’s rights. And that makes up for at least some of the bad stuff in his legacy, right?
When Anajak Thai opened in 1981, most people who walked into the Los Angeles restaurant weren’t familiar with Thai cuisine. They just thought it was spicy Chinese food, said Justin Pichetrungsi, the restaurant’s current head chef and owner.
Across the Las Vegas valley, many parks, trails and roadways are named for Nevadans. Some of them came to Southern Nevada before Las Vegas was founded, and at least one is still practicing law in town.
After a suspected road rage shooting that left a 6-year-old and her father hospitalized, police data shows incidents similar to it have increased in North Las Vegas since the pandemic.
If you're a Republican member of Congress that rakes in thousands in corporate cash, you may be more committed to democratic norms.
Having grown up in Southern Nevada and spent a lot of time visiting, teaching and writing about Hoover Dam, I admire it and the people who built it.
The start of July marked the 65th anniversary of the opening of the now-defunct Stardust resort, although its history can still be seen through its neon sign.
Business attire has, traditionally, been taken incredibly seriously. Often considered as the representation of professionalism in the workplace, these ethics are still in transition today. From the 1950s, the American work style witnessed a transformation. Starting with women in tailored suits, silk shirts, and stilettos, and the expectation of black suits, ties, and pocket squares for men, the office was a place of conformity.
Business attire has, traditionally, been taken incredibly seriously. Often considered as the representation of professionalism in the workplace, these ethics are still in transition today. From the 1950s, the American work style witnessed a transformation. Starting with women in tailored suits, silk shirts, and stilettos, and the expectation of black suits, ties, and pocket squares for men, the office was a place of conformity.
Las Vegas is a city that sells sex… but when it comes to our sex shops, we’re actually kinda… basic. Today, co-host Vogue Robinson chats with UNLV professor Lynn Comella, author of the book “Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure,” about sex shops in Vegas: How they’re evolving, the challenges faced by the one feminist sex shop we had (ever so briefly), and what a great sex shop can do for a city like ours.
Fifteen thousand hotel workers across Southern California recently walked off the job. Workers at about 65 major hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties went on strike Sunday morning, including front desk staff, housekeepers, and kitchen workers.
Las Vegas has some Thai food heavy hitters: Weera, Ocha, Archie’s, and of course, the James Beard Award-winning Lotus of Siam (which Saveur once called the “best Thai food in North America”). But how did we get here?