In The News: College of Liberal Arts
It was between the war and the start of the city’s population boom that Jack and Maxine Cason came to Las Vegas. As their success grew, so did the city. “I saw an opportunity where if you worked hard, you could make something of yourself. The city grew, and I just grew with it,” Cason, then 77, said in a Review-Journal story before his induction into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
Take an apple, for example. This amazing fruit is brimming with pharmacologically (or better yet, nutrigenomically) active compounds, most notably ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin C. Another compound it contains is phlorizin, over a dozen polyphenols, potent antioxidants concentrated in the skin of the apple and known to elicit multitargeted effects that reduce the impact of high blood sugar in animal models.1 But this strictly material layer of nutritional analysis barely touches the surface when it comes to appreciating the informational complexity of food.
All of Nevada’s Democratic representatives received donations in the last campaign cycle from executives at FTX, a bankrupt, fraud-ridden cryptocurrency company in which the CEO is facing criminal fraud charges.
Elizabeth Nelson, an associate professor of history at University of Nevada Las Vegas, has examined the "hidden history of Valentine’s Day." Beyond the pressures of consumer culture, or any outsized emphasis on romantic love, she says there's been a yearning for something more sincere "from the very beginning."
Valentine's Day falls on February 14—a day when lovers show their appreciation for each other, through romantic poems, letters, cards, chocolates, roses, or other gifts.
Amid economic turmoil, political unrest, public health crises and general global strife, love—especially Black love—is a grounding force. Every time we express love, we honor our ancestors who dared to love deeply and fearlessly. Even with the threat of being forcibly separated from each other, and with the inability to establish comfortable homes, our people embraced one another, with the singular faith that things wouldn’t always be so bleak. Their decision to make room for hope and warmth has grounded and sustained us.
It was Valentine’s Day 1917 in the Minnesota farming village of Lewiston, and Fred Roth — a fourth grader — seems to have come up with just the way to express his love for his sweetheart, Louise Wirt. He gave her a card.
The year was 1943, and Eleanor Lambert was on a mission. Lambert, America’s so-called “first fashion publicist,” had spent the previous two years establishing the New York Dress Institute, an organization dedicated to the U.S.’s growing legion of homegrown design power. And growing it was: While American clothing had long imitated trends originating from Paris, World War II placed a new emphasis on all things domestic. Within retailers, demand for French designers was rapidly giving way to names like Claire McCardell, Hattie Carnegie, and Norman Norell, who were just beginning to establish New York City as a fashion capital in its own right. Lambert wanted to cement it as such.
A recession in the US may or may not happen this year, but sex workers are feeling the economic anxiety. From stripping to webcam modeling, workers in the industry say it's harder to come by business as inflation remains high. It's taking an emotional — in addition to financial — toll, since sex workers are often expected to lend their clients a compassionate ear.
"In Defense Of..." is a yearlong look at Blackisms that have been co-opted, gentrified, manipulated or misunderstood.
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a plan to transform how the nation understands and treats mental health. It’s a community-wide issue, and it’s important to note that seeking help can be difficult, especially in the Black community.
It was Valentine’s Day 1917 in the Minnesota farming village of Lewiston, and Fred Roth — a fourth grader — seems to have come up with just the way to express his love for his sweetheart, Louise Wirt. He gave her a card.