In The News: Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

Of everything on this country's plate: jobs, health care, immigration, the environment ... maybe a Republican and a Democrat can come to the rescue.

The words “true love” often conjure up images of romantic scenes in Hollywood movies, but a California-based neurologist argues long-lasting love is a multilayered process and that falling out of love is a normal part of it.

Romance is in the air, where the wireless signal travels on the 2.4-gigahertz UHF radio band, where OKCupid algorithmically hunts, where virtual sex sort of happens, where love is both as clunky and apparitional in the post-reality era as truth. The cynics among us once rolled our eyes at the commercialization of love in the Valentine’s Day aisle of Walgreens. Today, the expression reaches beyond scheduled chocolates and roses and bounces through satisfying/not satisfying interweb encounters that leave us wondering what is real. Alexa, what is romance? Tinder, is this love? Facebook, should I change my relationship status?
That puts a bow on the third presidential debate and on the 2016 debates generally. As usual, you can re-experience the final debate’s splendor by starting at the bottom of this live blog and scrolling up. You can also listen to our post-debate Elections podcast, or watch video of the taping below.

Jacob Thompson, director of 51ԹϺs debate team, welcomes students attending a viewing party for the first presidential debate of 2016, Monday September 26, 2016.

The diversification of Nevada’s population and economy prompted the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce and 51ԹϺ to create an education program for professionals interested in better understanding government operations in the Silver State.

Politicians often speak of taking campaigns to the grass-roots level, but Dr. Jacob Thompson and his 51ԹϺ students are digging even deeper, planting the seeds of election education across the Clark County School District.

51ԹϺ’s ailing journalism school will soon welcome a new leader and update its class offerings as officials tackle a scathing external review that called for sweeping program changes last year.

Martin, a former sex buyer, admits he’s never been faithful in any relationship. So when the urge to cheat struck again after he got married and had kids, he thought the logical thing to do would be to pay for sex.

About 72 percent of the juvenile victims of human trafficking in Nevada come from within the state, experts said Wednesday.

About 72 percent of the juvenile victims of human trafficking in Nevada come from within the state, experts said Wednesday.
The 14th Amendment guarantees that Americans are all equal under the law, but in reality this is often not the case. In new research which covers nearly 78,000 felony defendants, Gillian M. Pinchevsky and Benjamin Steiner examined the whether or not criminal defendants received different treatment based on their sex or other characteristics during their pretrial period. They find that compared to men, female defendants were treated more leniently during the pretrial process. In addition, women arrested for more serious offenses were treated more harshly than other women.