Hunger For Service

Raiders Defensive End Charles Snowden III helps tackle food insecurity in Nevada Hunger remains a pressing issue across America, and Nevada is feeling it more intensely than most. According to a USDA study and 2023 data from Feeding America, 15 percent of Nevadans — nearly 482,000 people — experience food insecurity, exceeding the national average […]

Christmas Wishes: Then And Now

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET During my early childhood, after a half-decade of sacrifice by America’s Greatest Generation, when “all gave some and some gave all,” America in 1946 transitioned from a wartime economy of rationing goods back to that of a consumer economy.  For Christmas 1946, Santa (for me) and my parents (for my older brothers, […]

PEACE: Inhale, exhale. Our spirits need a breather

BY KIMBERLY BAILEY-TUREAUD We breathe.  In and out, without thinking, our lungs rise and fall — an effortless rhythm gifted to us so we may live, move, and see another day. Yet what we choose to focus on within those days either drains our energy or restores our balance.  Life demands much from us. Our […]

Local Artist SIR DRU Levels Up

Las Vegas’ own Andrew Thomas — popularly known as SIR DRU — is taking his talents to the digital stage. The local actor, artist, rapper, and promoter stars in the upcoming video game “Moshpit Mayhem,” set for release in November 2025 on Xbox and PlayStation.  Adding to the excitement, two of his tracks — “Tired […]

Grape Beyond

Las Vegas’ own Felecia Hodges is taking winemaking to extraordinary new heights Las Vegas native Felecia Hodges is proving that passion and persistence make a perfect blend. As the founder of Orange Boots Wines, a boutique California-based label founded in 2021, Hodges has quickly made her mark in the world of winemaking.  A proud graduate […]

HISTORIC BLACK VEGAS: Revisiting the Gettysburg Address

BY CLAYTEE D. WHITE The three-day Battle of Gettysburg claimed over 50,000 lives. Won by the Union, this 1863 battle took place across the first three days of July and changed the course of the Civil War — preventing General Lee from advancing into the North. President Lincoln’s Address on November 19, 1963 was short […]

HEALTHIER YOU: Putting a spotlight on National Prematurity Awareness Month

BY DR. MARGUERITE BRATHWAITE OB-GYN Each November, National Prematurity Awareness Month brings attention to an important public health issue affecting families across the United States. Every year, nearly 400,000 babies are born prematurely — that is, before completing the typical 37 to 40 weeks of pregnancy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

KNIGHT MOVES | Cool November Reign

By Craig Knight It’s November! The air is crisp, the coffee’s warmer, and gratitude fills the air. This month is always about reflection and momentum. While October gave us a rare milestone — 2025 marking a full quarter of the way through this new century — November invites us to channel that same sense of […]

Under the Glittering Lights

Broadway in The Hood opens Legacy Theater of Excellence The stars shined bright at the grand opening of Broadway in the Hood’s new Legacy Theater of Excellence. Las Vegas luminaries turned out for a ribbon-cutting on the new building — a new dance studio dedicated to the art of movement, offering classes in everything from […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER  | Start Spreading the Good Black New

BY DR. ELLEN W. BROWN In uncertain times, finding hope —and holding onto it — takes real strength. And even amid challenges, inspiration surrounds us in the stories we share, the communities we build, and the news we lift up together.  How does the title of this month’s column resonate with you today? Does it […]

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