Imagine a world where you have no voice, no hope, no choice. Imagine shackles on your hands and feet.Imagine there is no food to eat. Imagine never having shoes on your feet. Imagine not being free!! No need to imagine that was reality before June 19th, 1865, for black men, women and children that were black like me! Be ever thankful still even with slaveries reality, our ancestors imagined
Urban sprawl will disproportionately affect Black and brown communities of color Las Vegas, NV–– Today Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto’s Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act is being heard in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. This piece of legislation, referred to as the Clark County lands bill, would redefine the use of the Las Vegas Valley in ways that incentivise massive urban sprawl, returns stolen lands to
By: Beverly Harry Lithium Nevada, a subsidiary of the Canadian corporation, Lithium Americas, is still advancing its gross excavation needs at Peehee Mu’huh (also known as Thacker Pass, NV). The People of Red Mountain (Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu), the tribal opposition to this project; has fully objected to a 2-mile and 400 ft. deep pit that would contaminate land and water while destroying cultural sites and potentially graves. During
PLAN’s Statement on the 81st Legislative Session Even after several disappointments, there is plenty to celebrate this session Carson City, NV–– The 81st regular session of the Nevada Legislature adjourned sine die at Midnight, after 120 days of organizing and advocacy by PLAN and progressive allies to pass legislation that addresses the needs of Nevadans still trying to come out of the COVID pandemic whole. Laura Martin, the
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 31, 2021 New Tax on Mines Passes Nevada Legislature Carson City, NV–– On May 29th, three days before the end of the 81st Legislative Session, the Nevada Assembly introduced Assembly Bill 495, a compromise that would raise revenue from gold and silver mines in Nevada. Today, the Nevada Assembly and Senate voted to pass AB495, with the constitutionally required ⅔ vote. AB495 taxes the
For Immediate Release: May 29, 2021 Progressive Leadership Alliance Statement on Mining Taxation Agreement CARSON CITY, NV–– Following news of an agreement reached by Nevada Legislators concerning raising revenue by taxing mining. Laura Martin, Executive Director of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) issued the following statement: “Today we heard the news that a deal has been reached in Carson City that will at long
By Allison Dacome My family moved to Nevada in 2003 from California, as I was nearing the end of second grade. I found it strange that the next two or so years of my education would seem like review instead of new information. At the time, it wasn’t an unwelcome review. To my classmates, I seemed like a genius. It wasn’t a problem to me until I started to think
A reflection, by Bob Fulkerson: In reflecting on the end of Asian American Month, I am ashamed for knowing so little about this community, but I’m glad that there have been more events and attention this year than ever before. If you missed two of Nevada’s most powerful women Asian American leaders, Lorenzita Santos and Amy Koo from One APIA Nevada, talking about their work on “What’s the