Experts In The News

Former Senate Majority Leader and fellow Nevadan Harry Reid has mostly stayed out of politics since his retirement two and a half years ago. So it’s significant that in a recent interview he pinpointed the antiquated structure of our federal courts as one of the obstacles impeding comity and progress in Washington.

Julián Castro cuts a slight figure at 5-foot-8 and 155 pounds. He’s lost 10 pounds in the eight months he has been running for president.

The 1940s in Las Vegas was an exciting time of growth and possibility. But not all residents could share in the excitement.


Here’s the 10th and final article in our series on the gender gap in political science.

This has been the worst season ever in Clark County for mosquito-borne West Nile virus, but health authorities say they face a challenge convincing local residents that they need to protect themselves against the tiny bloodsuckers.
On Thursday, SLS officially reverted to The Sahara Las Vegas, the iconic brand that evokes Rat Pack-era hipness. The north Strip property is in the midst of a $150 million rebranding that will allow it to reconnect with its past — as well as with a Las Vegas audience for whom the name “SLS” didn’t really evoke anything at all.


The SLS Las Vegas is returning to the hotel-casino’s roots. After operating under the name SLS for five years, the property is circling back to the iconic Sahara name, starting Thursday.

It should come as no surprise that the Bread and Roses Party, a socialist leaning self-described utopian group, announced Jerome Segal as its 2020 presidential nominee this week — during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
