PEACE: Rise UP from HURT!

This holiday season is like a magical spark that comes in a flash — and as the sun rises, it’s over. Yes, that moment when love is permitted to enter your heart and spread across your face with smiles that capture light. But many of us have been hurt by those closest to us. Hurt […]

Black Woman Magic

The parallels between politics and popular culture are hard to miss, as Black women’s leadership has captured the imagination of people in North Las Vegas and around the world. It may be onscreen in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” inside the halls of power in North Las Vegas, or just about anywhere you look — Black […]

The Good, Bad and Ugly of 2022 | By Louie Overstreet

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET In America, you can count on its citizens engaging in the good, bad, and ugly of everything you can name, with apologies to Clint Eastwood. Good and bad things happened — and to no one’s surprise, it also got ugly in America in 2022. I can recall five things occurring in the […]

Are Sacred Cows About To Be Butchered? | By Louie Overstreet

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET This column will be published around the time of the Nov. 8 midterm elections. When the new Congress is seated in January, the losing party’s sacred cows will be offered up for sacrifice on both sides of the Capitol as if it were a butcher shop. If the Repugs gain control of […]

Letter from the Publishers

With thankful hearts We are especially proud to present this fabulous issue of Las Vegas Black Image to our loyal readers and supporters. It is a special one: November 8, 2022 will mark 14 consecutive years of publishing this magazine. Thank you for the honor. Our fabulous Las Vegas Black Image Magazine executive publishing staff […]

PEACE: Make space for WE!

It is amazing how ubiquitous silos, cliques, and teams can be. If you have been exposed to or grew up with the idea that you must be accepted into a particular group to make your life worthwhile — that is sad. This country has historically been built on the concept of “separate and unequal.” So […]

SPECIAL EFFECT

Lizzo sits confidently atop the pop music throne, with global fame and cultural impact that grows by the day. Melissa Viviane Jefferson was born in Detroit in 1988. Thirty-four years later, now known globally as pop music phenomenon Lizzo, she has captured the imagination of millions around the world with her inimitable style, bold fashion […]

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ACES HIGH

Las Vegas’ beloved home team excites and inspires the city by capturing the WNBA championship. Fan adrenaline is still pumping after the Las Vegas Aces — our city’s amazing WNBA team — scored a historic win to capture the franchise’s first championship. Their thrilling game four performance sent the Connecticut Sun packing with a 78-71 […]

Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month By Cassandra Cotton, Nathan Adelson Hospice Community Outreach Manager Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month as a time to educate women about breast cancer and early detection and celebrate the many survivors. Breast cancer survivors and those with breast cancer are encouraged to share their stories. Every October, people all over […]

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