Getting through grief during the COVID-19 holidays

Getting through grief during the COVID-19 holidays By Cassandra Cotton, Nathan Adelson Hospice Community Outreach Manager The COVID-19 crisis has been stressful and isolated many of us. Unfortunately, the pandemic is worsening. The first signs of the holiday season usually bring cheer and anticipation — but most families now have to consider modifying their holiday […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER | Dr. Ellen Brown

Power Demonstrated BY DR. ELLEN BROWN One year ago, my December 2019 column reflected on the American Dream. My story was that of my parents — who began their lives together in the 1940s when they married and months later my Dad-to-be was whisked away to serve in the US Navy in the South Pacific […]

Runway to her dreams

Runway to her dreams Arianna Robinov’s Las Vegas boutique is more than a destination — it’s a destiny. Jacinta Boutique, located in the Town Square Mall, offers more than the typical retail shopping experience. Why? It’s a personal touch made even more powerful because it is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. While growing up […]

HEALTHIER YOU: Self-care and wellness are gifts for the holidays

Self-care and wellness are gifts for the holidays BY DR. ANNETTE MAYES, OB/GYN The toll taken by COVID-19 has awakened us to the idea that health and wellness must stay atop our holiday wish lists. That’s why I’m encouraging all readers — especially women — to give the gift that keeps giving: by committing to a […]

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Black Paper Party’s 2020 Christmas Collection

Black Paper Party’s 2020 Christmas Collection Traditionally, Christmas gift-giving is embodied by happy people enjoying the warmth of the season. But rarely have the faces of Santa Claus or the joyful families been Black. According to fatherly.com, only about three percent of all department store Santas in the U.S. are African American. The Black Paper […]

PEACE: The control we set free

Society often demands that we stay in control given the positions we maintain. The consistent discipline that the world depends on is itself dependent upon our ability to assimilate and regulate our comfort. But sometimes the universe demands that we stop and release. Let go — and trust the motion of the earth to turn […]

America Needs To Take The Holidays To Search Its Soul | By Louie Overstreet

America Needs To Take The Holidays To Search Its Soul BY LOUIE OVERSTREET America, as a functioning democracy, needs to seriously search its soul. Further, too many of us chose not to do anything when we witnessed Trump damn near bludgeon democracy to death. First, we have to stop opposing good ideas on the sole […]

NEW DAY – How the 2020 election put Nevada’s political diversity on display for the nation.

NEW DAY – How the 2020 election put Nevada’s political diversity on display for the nation. There was a time when Las Vegas was known as the “Mississippi of the West,” a reputation owed to pervasive racial discrimination in housing, employment, and education during most of the 20th century. The November elections cemented the reality that […]

HEALTHIER YOU: Women and diabetes

Women and diabetes BY DR. ANNETTE MAYES, OB/GYN Women with diabetes have more to manage. They have to stay on track by checking their blood sugar more often, eating healthy and staying active. Diabetes affects women differently. Diabetes increases the risk of heart disease (the most common diabetes complication) by about four times in women […]

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