HISTORIC BLACK VEGAS | Charles Kellar and the 1971 Consent Decree

Charles Kellar and the 1971 Consent Decree A consent decree is an order issued by a court that expresses a voluntary agreement by the participants in a lawsuit. In 1971, a consent decree alleged a series of violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Strip hotels and labor unions signed it […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER | Dr. Ellen Brown

Power in the present tense BY DR. ELLEN BROWN Power “is.” Power is not a “wasn’t.” Power is always now. Confusing? Let’s keep going. You may be able to hold on to power for a while, but since it is a force (like the sea) it must continue its living activity by moving on. If […]

Insane Pursuits Will Be America’s Downfall | By Louie Overstreet

Insane Pursuits Will Be America’s Downfall BY LOUIE OVERSTREET It is your boy Johnny One Note again, predicting America’s demise if something is not done under the current Administration to reverse the current insane pursuits taking place in America. I hope I sound more like the village elder and not the village idiot when I […]

HISTORIC BLACK VEGAS | In the Key of life

In the Key of life In 1928, Alice Key completed high school in Riverside, California and enrolled in UCLA. Her morning routine included stopping at a Beverly Hills location for coffee. One day, Alice invited a friend to coffee with her. The friend was told by the establishment that she could not sit at the […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER | Dr. Ellen Brown

Democracy Prevails…What’s Next? BY DR. ELLEN BROWN Are you PROACTIVE? Enterprising, energetic, take-charge, making it happen motivated, driven, judicious, foreseeing, engaged. DOING. Or are you REACTIVE? Responsive, sympathetic, receptive, reactive, listening, understanding. PREPARING. As you can see, both are significant and incredibly important in the development and carrying out of action for change. The year […]

The Divided States Of America Can’t Stand! | By Louie Overstreet

The Divided States Of America Can’t Stand! BY LOUIE OVERSTREET God bless President Biden and Vice President Harris — but it is naive and hopeless for them to believe bipartisanship is achievable in the dog-eat-dog, everybody-and-their-mothers-for-themselves atmosphere in our nation’s capital. Four years ago, when America’s condition was not nearly as dire, I noted four […]

Community Speaks – February 2021

What is the first thing you want to see addressed by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris?

Affordable Housing Opportunities for All Rural Nevadans

Affordable Housing Opportunities for All Rural Nevadans BY KATIE COLEMAN “The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” Maya Angelou, “All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes” Nails and beams. Insulation and paint. They’re just some of the things we use […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER | Dr. Ellen Brown

Insurrection! BY DR. ELLEN BROWN Insurrection: noun. A violent uprising against an authority or government. In the United States of America? Surely, you are mistaken. There was an insurrection in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. Now, we know that the media freely uses more familiar and inciting terms to describe demonstrations that occur around […]

Already, The Worst Decade Of My Life? | By Louie Overstreet

Already, The Worst Decade Of My Life? BY LOUIE OVERSTREET We are only in the fourteenth month of the 2020s — and it’s already the worst decade of my lifetime. In the first decade of my life, the 1940s, America was plunged into WWII — the war where “all gave some and some gave all.” […]

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