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PLAN Statement on AB395

Nevada’s Elected Officials Will Continue to Kill Black and Brown Folks   After a month-long wait for the Nevada State Senate and Sen. Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro to hold a fair, public hearing for AB395, a bill that proposes to abolish the death penalty in Nevada, Governor Steve Sisolak and Senator Cannizzaro announced today they have blocked the bill from being heard, just one day before the May 14th legislative

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May 13, 2021 No Comments
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Thacker Pass: The Heart of Climate (in)Equity

Introduction Location of Thacker Pass   In late March of 2021, PLAN staff and supporters visited Thacker Pass where a land occupation protest is ongoing in opposition to a massive Canadian owned lithium mine proposed for the site. Thacker Pass is on Northern Paiute lands in northern Humboldt County near the border with Oregon. It is just to the south of the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Reservation, and west of

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April 6, 2021 No Comments
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Hector Fong

Nevadan Families Need Relief Now, Cancel Rent!

By: Shonda Austin Black women all over the United States are facing multiple economic injustices. Chief among them is housing.  During this pandemic I’ve loss almost all of my support and resources. Even though the CDC and Governor Steve Sisolak have extended the eviction moratorium, my family and I are currently still at risk of being homeless once again as the pandemic winds down and the eviction moratoriums will no

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March 31, 2021 No Comments
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PLAN Statement on Anti-Asian Racism Following the Murders in Atlanta

March 17th, 2021 Reno, Nevada   Yesterday, on March 16th in Atlanta a white man murdered eight people, seven of them women, six of them Asian American. The history of Anti-Asian violence is the history of America. The idea that Asians belong in Asia has been around forever.   It’s a huge part of our Nevada history: Chinese immigrants built the railroad that built Nevada and the west. Hundreds of

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March 17, 2021 No Comments
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PLAN Statement on the Events of January 6th, 2021

A Direct Attack on the Voice of the People   LAS VEGAS, NV — The horrifying events that happened January 6th at the U.S. Capitol is the expected endgame of an ideology that thrives off division, the devaluing of lives as well as the votes and voices of Black, Indigenous, and people of color in order to protect the wealth and privilege of a small few. This was a direct

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January 7, 2021 No Comments
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Christine Saunders

PLAN Statement on Senate Bill 2

We are deeply disappointed in the lack of transparency and leadership in the drafting and presentation of Senate Bill 2, which addresses the disastrous Senate Bill 242 that passed during the 2019 legislative session. We understand that during a special session things move quickly, but the hearing for this bill began before the bill text was made available to the public, and while the Assembly was hearing another bill related to policing. During the

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August 2, 2020 No Comments
Criminal Justice
Christine Saunders

PLAN Statement on Assembly Bill 3

My name is Laura Martin and I‘m the Executive Director of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada. We have an opportunity before us to hold the police accountable for the violence and fear they inflict on Black communities, and communities of color. But make no mistake, AB3 is the bare minimum. It’s also worth noting that we must repeal in full Senate Bill 242, a misguided attempt to shield law

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August 2, 2020 No Comments