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Harry Dean Stanton: Singer, Actor, Partly Fiction
The Takeaway
September 11, 2013
Arts, Culture & Media
Can a musician from Senegal make it in Sin City?
The World
October 07, 2013
Tall, dark and handsome, this soulful singer has a smile a mile wide. But it's his voice that took him from his native Senegal and landed him Vegas.
Global Politics
Where in the world is Lenin these days?
The World
December 09, 2013
Protesters in Kiev, Ukraine took down a statue of Lenin over the weekend, but many of his statues remain around the world decades after the end of communism.
Arts, Culture & Media
Why is it so hard to find a good Filipino restaurant?
The World
February 06, 2014
It's tough to find a Philippine restaurant in the US, and most likely you've never been to one. But maybe some day soon, you'll get the chance.
Arts, Culture & Media
For Vietnamese, 'Paris By Night' is a mix of Vegas, nostalgia and pre-war culture
The World
February 10, 2014
Updated
For 30 years, a variety show has helped Vietnamese expatriates remember the past and pass down their culture and anti-communist politics. Part comedy and part musical extravaganza, the show has become a family tradition for many Vietnamese around the world.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Las Vegas maids are taking on The Strip's hottest hotel
The World
March 31, 2014
Nevada's unemployment rate peaked during the Great Recession at 14 percent. A lot of people looking for work were immigrants: the maids, line cooks, and blackjack dealers who keep the Nevada tourism industry afloat. Now with the Nevada economy picking up, many of those workers want more job security and better pay. They want to be in a union. But it’s not coming easy for some.
Culture
How wartime prejudice brought young Japanese Americans together for life
The World
September 24, 2014
In the years around World War II, exclusion and racial prejudice led Japanese American girls to form hundreds of social clubs to get through the tough times — and have fun. And almost 70 years later, their bonds are just as strong as ever.
Books
What happens in Vegas, stays in a Vegas casino's database
The World
October 29, 2014
We all know the saying about Vegas, but be aware that all of things that stay in Vegas still end up in the huge data repositories of casinos. Adam Tanner's new book tracks how they're vacuuming up every bit of information they can on their customers to keep people coming back.
Music
The Latin Grammy Awards turn into a party to celebrate immigration reform
The World
November 21, 2014
And the Latin Grammy for best immigration reform plan goes to ... Barack Obama! The Latin Grammys, held on Thursday night in Las Vegas, delayed the start of the show for the announcement of new executive actions on immigration, and then cheered the new rules for the rest of the night.
Arts
Photographers look for 'the poetry of death and dying in America'
December 02, 2014
Rituals surrounding death vary from place to place, and even from community to community within the smallest of towns. Bastienne Schmidt and Philippe Cheng traveled across the US to photograph the wide range of those rituals and what they can show us about the people and places that created them.