We Deserve Better: Confronting the Menthol Threat to Black Health

By Mekale Holmes The tobacco industry has a long history of targeting and profiting from the Black community.  Through extensive marketing research, they identified young Black individuals as key influencers in consumer culture — leading them to infiltrate Black cultural events, Black publications, and to financially support Black politicians and community leaders. This targeted marketing […]

Shelley Berkley: A True Advocate for Las Vegas’ Black Community

Shelley Berkley’s legacy of advocacy for the Black community in Las Vegas stands as one of her strongest commitments in public service. Throughout her career, Shelley has fought to improve access to healthcare, support minority-owned businesses, and champion civil rights for all Nevadans. She has consistently worked to secure federal resources for education, ensuring underserved […]

Driven To Raise Awareness 

Our 8th Annual Las Vegas Caravan for Mammogram was a tremendous success — with over 130 Black women participating in the yearly awareness-raising event hosted by Las Vegas Black Image.  When that many people come together for a cause, the list of thank-yous is long. And it begins with our sponsors: Intermountain Healthcare, Comprehensive Cancer […]

Bill Clinton stumps for Harris on visit to MLK Senior Center

Former President Bill Clinton received an enthusiastic welcome on a recent visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. Senior Center — where he came to speak on behalf of the Harris/Walz campaign and urge Las Vegas residents to make their voices heard at the polls on or before Election Day.  MLK Senior Center Director Byron […]

HEALTHIER YOU: Pregnant or looking to be? Family history matters

BY DR. MARGUERITE BRATHWAITE OB-GYN Expecting a baby? You may be wondering whether your bundle of joy will have mommy’s eyes or daddy’s dimples — but they will inherit much more than that.  Learning about parents’ health history can help give your child the best possible start. It is important to know whether your baby […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER | It is done! Election stress and the art of settling down

BY DR. ELLEN BROWN Is it done — or just beginning?  I have it, my family has it, the lady at the checkout has it, the pastor, and even the rideshare lady has it: stress!  A US News and World Report article recently caught my attention, offering — in a roundabout way at the time […]

HISTORIC BLACK VEGAS: Tina bit of Las Vegas history

BY CLAYTEE D. WHITE My birthday is in November, so I decided to write about something upbeat. As I mentally scrolled through notable events in the penultimate month on our calendar, I remembered that Tina Turner was born on a November day in Nutbush, Tenn.  I won’t tell the many-times-told story of early life, finding […]

Images From Her Story

Scenes from Kamala Harris’ journey to greatness. Americans will enter their polling places this month to decide the fate of a nation. And in the waning days of the campaign, which is being fought closely on razor-thin margins, there has been intense focus on locking down the votes to be cast by African-Americans — men […]

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERS: Forward to the polls and beyond

Enthusiasm and anticipation are at a fever pitch right now, so pardon the freely joyous exercise of language and editorial license here — but if there has ever been a “herstoric” edition of Las Vegas Black Image, this is the one.  Kamala Harris is on the verge of becoming the first Black woman elected president […]

Will America ever return to its senses?

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET Since this column was due before the presidential election results are in, I will have to wait to share my take on the outcome.  Meanwhile back at the ranch, regardless of who will be our next president, by necessity, it will be our civic duty to restore America to its five senses. […]

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