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Nevada can’t abide a senator who wants state to be nuclear waste dump: The federal government’s cavalier attitude toward the safe disposal of high-level nuclear waste created the current untenable situation in which an estimated 90,000 metric tons of nuclear waste are being stored ...

Criminalizing homelessness reveals society’s cruelty and solves nothing: The health of a culture can be evaluated by two observations: how the citizens of that culture conduct themselves in public and how well vulnerable members of a society are cared for by their culture. On both counts the homeless crisis in America highlights failures of ...

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Bullying and intimidation are not free speech

The eyes of the United States should be upon Texas. At least when it comes down to a university protecting its students and campus from the violence that can result from free speech that comes with a price. That price is ...
If justice stumbles on Trump, the job falls to voters
Nevadans lead the charge against antisemitism
History foretells Israeli response to Iran attack
Where Donald Trump and his cult go, chaos ensues

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Biden stacking clean energy wins: According to a report from the American Lung Association, nearly 40% of people in the U.S. — 131 million—live with unhealthy air pollution. Extreme heat, drought and ...; Continues…; By Rita Ransom, Las Vegas
Supreme Court endangers us all: There is a clear and present danger that our democracy is in jeopardy, a threat to America as we know it. The questions directed to the Justice Department attorney by ...; Continues…; By Dana Rideout, North Las Vegas
Palliative care is a worthy pursuit: The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) is a bipartisan bill that aims to tackle some of the obstacles preventing patients from accessing palliative care, which aims to relieve suffering and ...; Continues…; By Deidra Hamilton, Las Vegas
It’s not the payout, it’s the cover-up: Our nation’s highest court seems poised to offer guidance to the lower courts with a forthcoming ruling that a former president should be shielded from prosecution for official acts executed while in ...; Continues…; By Carol Ann Kimble, Las Vegas
Life doesn’t stop for interest rates: Those who lived through the late ’70s and most of the ’80s will recall that during 1981, a 30-year mortgage rate for a new home skyrocketed to over 18% interest. Even people with good credit were ...; Continues…; By Michael Miner, Henderson
Justices’ conduct is unbecoming: Am I the only one to notice just how rude the current Supreme Court justices are, how condescending, how unresponsive to the issue presented to them by both defense lawyers and ...; Continues…; By Paul Gary, Las Vegas
Trump trying to distort allegation: Donald Trump, Fox News and others in conservative media claiming it is not a crime to pay a porn star hush money during an election.; Continues…; By Michael Westerhaus, Las Vegas
Keep foolishness out of Oval Office: I’m willing to bet the farm that President Joe Biden would never propose injecting disinfectant to battle a disease.; Continues…; By Mike Rice, Wellfleet, Mass.
Ghost guns cater to criminals: I like to shoot handguns. I’m a National Rifle Association-certified pistol safety instructor and I have a concealed carry permit.; Continues…; By Mike Barrett, Ashburn, Va.
Candidates driven by money: Since the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate, when television replaced the whistle-stop campaign train, the costs of running for federal or state elected office have at least quadrupled ...; Continues…; By Jack Corrick, Boulder City

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Our heroes often let us down

By Solomon Stevens

Donald Trump is in court right now. But not everyone understands that this is not a “hush money” case. He isn’t charged with being unfaithful to his wife or even with paying a woman to keep quiet about his affair. He is charged with falsifying ...
Women of Trump’s GOP jockey to be the most macho

By Robin Abcarian

Slaughtering wolves from helicopters? Castrating hogs? Shooting up Priuses with assault weapons? Murdering misbehaving puppies? Is this what it takes for a Republican woman to be a credible candidate for higher office? ...
Calls from the left for Sotomayor to retire are absurd

By Stephen Carter

The left’s absurd calls for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down so that President Joe Biden can name a younger replacement should be roundly condemned. To be sure, such pressure is an American tradition in the never-ending battle to “control” the Supreme Court. But the tactic is ...
We pay a price for upper-class state legislators

By Jamelle Bouie

There is a coordinated, nationwide effort to roll back child labor laws, part of a broader campaign to concentrate even more power into the hands of employers ...
Civics education strengthens democracy

By Mary Smith

A survey from the American Bar Association shows that most Americans are pessimistic about our nation’s democracy and are worried about the coming election. It is another reminder of the fragility of our democratic system at this ...
Arizona’s indictment of Trump allies follows a sordid, racist history

By LZ Granderson

I’ve lived and/or worked in 10 states scattered across the country. Arizona was and remains the most complicated. The same state that elected the first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city is also the state that did not want a federal holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. ...
Yes, you should tip, but you shouldn’t have to tip

By Scott Maxwell

The topic of tipping has generated intense debate lately as an increasing number of restaurants impose “service charges” on top of regular bills ...
Will Columbia protesters achieve their goals?

By Stephen Carter

I fear that the current round of campus protests is wearing out its welcome.
Multiple sclerosis discovery could be a breakthrough

By Lisa Jarvis

We’ve made significant progress in developing better treatments for multiple sclerosis over the past two decades.
New Iron Age of electricity storage is at hand

By Llewellyn King

Since electricity was first deployed, there has been a missing link: storage.
Republicans aren’t protecting elections; they don’t want democracy

By LZ Granderson

The next time House Speaker Mike Johnson stands in front of a microphone to talk about election integrity, I want you to remember this: Nearly a third of voters in Louisiana are Black, and yet Black voters had control over less than 20% of the state’s congressional districts. White voters make up less than ...
In Europe, they cheer passage of Ukraine aid but worry about possible Trump future

By Trudy Rubin

On April 19, I watched an audience of European and American political officials and strategic experts pay rapt attention as U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy told them Congress would enact a Ukraine aid package that ...
Criminalizing homelessness reveals society’s cruelty and solves nothing

The health of a culture can be evaluated by two observations: how the citizens of that culture conduct themselves in public and how well vulnerable members of a society are cared for by their culture. On both counts the homeless crisis in America highlights failures of ...
Veterans stepping up to serve our democracy

By Cisco Aguilar and Dan Vallone

Poll workers power elections. This is true across the country and here in Nevada. Every election cycle, it is local citizens stepping forward to serve their communities that enable Nevadans to vote and trust that their votes will be ...
Bullying and intimidation are not free speech

By Brian Greenspun

The eyes of the United States should be upon Texas. At least when it comes down to a university protecting its students and campus from the violence that can result from free speech that comes with a price. That price is ...

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