HEALTHIER YOU: What you can do about Black maternal mortality

BY DR. MARGUERITE BRATHWAITE OB-GYN Each year in the United States, hundreds of people die during pregnancy or in the year after. Thousands more have unexpected outcomes of labor and delivery with serious short-or long-term health consequences.  Every pregnancy-related death is tragic, especially because more than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. are preventable. […]

YOU! HOLD THE KEY TO CHANGE | Identity Months In America: Are They Losing Significance?

BY DR. ELLEN BROWN Black History Month 2025 has passed — the shortest yet most significant month of the year.  However, it’s not just the brevity causing a stir. This year, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, issued a proclamation to continue the recognition of February as Black History Month. It is a […]

KNIGHT MOVES | Marching confidently, and joyfully, into the new year

By Craig Knight March is here!  Women’s History Month is underway — and during this time we honor, recognize, and celebrate the amazing women in our lives, as well as those who have made contributions to the world both historically and currently!  In my opinion, Women’s History Month is best celebrated by first honoring the […]

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: COUNCILWOMAN SHONDRA SUMMERS-ARMSTRONG

‘I am focused’ Las Vegas Black Image sat down for an exclusive interview with Councilwoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong, who was recently elected to represent Ward 5. It was an engaging, candid conversation about her ambitions for the community and where politics might — or might not — take her in the future. When did you know […]

FREEDOM FANTASY

POEM | ANGELA M. BRITT … “And before I’d be a slave, I’ll be buried in my grave, and go home to my Lord and be free.” (Negro Spiritual) White shirts, absorbed the bloodline and Bandaged the wounds inflicted by lashing whips for singing about Freedom. Same white bloodstained shirts later flew through moonlit forests […]

HISTORIC BLACK VEGAS:

What is was USAID? BY CLAYTEE D. WHITE The eleven-year period known as Reconstruction (1865-1877) followed the Civil War and was once viewed as a progressive era of Black advancement — especially for the enslaved who had been set free.  The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is was an independent agency of the United […]

UNLV Medical Student Encourages Others to Aim High

After four years of medical school, 27-year-old Jessica Fields is weeks away from realizing her long-held dream of becoming a physician. By all appearances, the super-friendly and quick-to-smile Fields has everything under control. But you know what they say about appearances. Medical school hasn’t been easy. Fields agreed to talk about her experience, hoping to […]

Meet Bruce, an African-American foster caregiver who is changing lives

By Wonswayla MackeyDeputy Director of Clark County Family Services We just celebrated Black History Month, a powerful reminder of the resilience, strength, and contributions of African-Americans throughout history. It serves as an inspiring backdrop to highlight the vital role of African American foster parents in our communities. It’s a time to honor their journey and […]

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERS: Spurred on, never holding our horses

Las Vegas Black Image always celebrates the urge to break out of the box — to accept the challenge of exploring and excelling at the unexpected. That’s what Beyoncé did with “Cowboy Carter,” a country music album that got the international icon her first Grammy for Album of the Year, and is now the creative […]

Things That Don’t Even Make Sense

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET How does it even make sense for a plurality of Americans, who voted in November 2024, to elect a convicted felon instead of a crime-fighting prosecutor to the highest elected office in our teetering democracy?  How does it even make sense for our nation, under presidents of both parties, to lose tens […]

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