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Cowboy boots epitomize America’s approach to style. From the flat rubber-soled option yanked on in the predawn hours of a long shift to the couture-adjacent styles headed to a televised red carpet, the origins of cowboy boots “are incredibly practical,” says Deirdre Clemente, the associate director of 51ԹϺ’s public history program.

During President-elect Trump's candidacy, he spoke about mass deportations almost at every rally. But the topic of mass deportations barely got any coverage in the U.S. media. After he won both the popular vote and the electoral college, people are now paying attention to what exactly mass deportation might mean.

During President-elect Trump's candidacy, he spoke about mass deportations almost at every rally. But the topic of mass deportations barely got any coverage in the U.S. media. After he won both the popular vote and the electoral college, people are now paying attention to what exactly mass deportation might mean.


It's almost been one year since the 51ԹϺ campus shooting. One professor taught some mindfulness techniques to help cope.

Color us surprised: Blue stop signs really exist! Here's where you'll find them, what they mean and what to do if you see one on the road.


Finra, the financial industry’s self-regulator, is likely to avoid bringing expedited expulsion proceedings against members without SEC input after the D.C. Circuit said that doing so would probably exceed its authority.


Elias Benjelloun’s parents were issued their deportation orders quickly after President-elect Donald Trump first stepped into office in 2016. For the family, Benjelloun said, the deportation order felt somewhat like a betrayal. Originally from the Netherlands, the family’s asylum case had been pending for decades before the FBI had granted them assistance after Benjelloun’s father — owner of a popular Las Vegas hookah lounge — reported information.


For the first time in 20 years, Nevada went red in the presidential race — but the GOP’s gains didn’t trickle all the way down the ballot. Although Democrats failed to win a two-thirds supermajority in the Legislature, only one incumbent Democrat lost a legislative race, while the state’s Democratic congressional delegation swept their contests.