In The News: Department of Sociology
ll around the globe, eco-conscious demonstrations develop in defense of our planet鈥檚 well-being, from scientists instructing us how to avoid a climactic doomsday to the 100-plus climate protesters who recently glued themselves to the tops of London commuter trains in the name of environmental justice.

Pida Plaza, dotted with tall palm trees rustling in the desert heat, usually serves as an outdoor gathering area for the students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. But on Monday, it served as a chapel for the betrothed ecosexuals who decided to marry the planet to celebrate Earth Day. In a 鈥淢arriage to the Earth鈥 ceremony, roughly 25 people solemnly declared their vows to the Earth before a raised stage as cleansing herbs burned and drums thumped rhythmically.

What is ecosexuality? And where is the earth registered?
What's the best way to help sex workers? We hear the cases for full decriminalisation, versus abolition of what's often dubbed the world's oldest profession.

On April 22, members of the growing ecosexuality movement will host a Marriage to the Earth ceremony during the 黑料网 Earth Day Fair.

Live and let live 鈥 and leave it up to the counties. For decades, that has been Nevada鈥檚 attitude toward legal prostitution in the 10 rural counties where the practice is permitted.
There is an oasis of beer in the desert of America鈥檚 expansive west, and yet most have remained blissfully ignorant of its bountiful brews.

A Las Vegas mother of four received backlash online after sharing her postpartum story and has decided to stay offline.
An anti-human trafficking activist in North Texas has filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Nevada in a bid to end legalized prostitution there. The complaint, filed Monday morning in Reno by Rebekah Charleston, contends that Nevada's legal brothels are in violation of federal law preventing interstate commerce in prostitution, and that the market created by those brothels contributes to illegal sex trafficking. It names the state of Nevada, its Legislature and Gov. Steve Sisolak as defendants.
Americans are known around the world for eating too much, but when it comes to time, we are starving ourselves. It鈥檚 called 鈥渢ime famine鈥 鈥 an unpleasant, uncomfortable feeling that we have too much to do in too little time. Social scientists have been studying it for more than 20 years.

Sheri鈥檚 Ranch, one of Nevada鈥檚 approximately 20 legal brothels, recently released an infographic breaking down the services its 134 sex workers provided over the course of 2017.
Your phone. In today鈥檚 society, it鈥檚 hard to picture life without it. It keeps you connected, it keeps you entertained, and it keeps you busy鈥攂ut one thing it doesn鈥檛 necessarily do? Keep you productive.