In The News: Brookings Mountain West
A 2020 study from UNLV’s Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute on the urban heat island effect found that Las Vegas “ranked as the most intense urban heat island in the United States in both daytime and nighttime metrics between 2004 and 2013.”
Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter so he can unleash its full potential as an arena for free speech, he says — but depending on how he approaches that, researchers warn he could create an environment where misinformation thrives.
Russian developers have launched an Instagram alternative called Rossgram, after the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine and international backlash has made it unclear if Instagram has a future in the country.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, pro-Russian propaganda about the war proliferated across the internet.
Russian leader’s comments about the West could signal attempt to draw NATO into war
Russian leader’s comments about the West could signal attempt to draw NATO into war.
Moscow has been turning out falsehoods and propaganda since the war so what's different now?
Evening 13-3-2022
Filing to run for the 2022 election is underway. The legislative race that could pit republican leadership against each other.
To hear some corners of the internet tell it, Russian President Vladimir Putin has a very good reason for invading Ukraine: the destruction of U.S.-funded bioweapons labs in the region.
As the tire tracks fade from the so-called “freedom convoy” that occupied downtown Ottawa streets, some of the Telegram forums devoted to the convoy have taken up the torch of a new cause: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine and the media - Mary Blankenship, originally from Ukraine, working at UNLV