Question 2 on same-sex marriage pitched as symbolic righting of wrongs
Nevadans this November will formally declare their support of (or opposition to) same-sex marriage with Question 2, the “marriage regardless of gender amendment.”Regardless of...
A modest ask from adoptive families highlights state’s tattered safety net
When Jennifer Robertson was first invited to share her experience adopting four children from the state, the ask before lawmakers seemed reasonable: moderate expansion...
‘Economic security is a public health issue for trans people’
Chrystal McKinley just wanted a way to honor the trans people of color who have been killed so far this year. As the sun began...
With childcare and education strained, burden on working women deepens
Like parents across Nevada, Grecia found herself attempting to work from home and watch her young child after schools were shutdown in mid-March.She tried...
There’s never a states’ rights hero around when you need one
In Portland, Oregon, unidentified armed assailants dressed in military fatigues have been snatching people off the streets, piling them into unmarked vans, and taking...
What to the slave is the Fourth of July?
Editor's note: In February 2017, while marking African American History Month, President Donald Trump praised Frederick Douglass as "an example of somebody who's done...
Email touting ‘Proud to be White’ forwarded among construction executives
A week before President Donald Trump tweeted a video of Floridians chanting “white power,” an executive of one of Southern Nevada’s largest heating and...
Dear America, please don’t hold her against us
At one point in her now-infamous interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN Wednesday, Cooper asked Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman what she, as mayor,...
COVID-19 pushes Postal Service’s finances to the brink
Millions of Americans are relying on the U.S. Postal Service for key supplies while they isolate themselves to slow the spread of COVID-19. But...
5 ballot questions Nevadans will vote on this November
Nevadans will decide more than the White House occupancy this November.Also appearing on the 2020 general election ballot will be at least five state-level...