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Beware of Grocers Using Inflation to Cover for Their Price Gouging

By Margaret Konieczny I am not an economist, but I am a consumer.  In the Saturday Nevada Appeal Jim Hartman...
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Delivering in Nevada

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Delivering in Nevada The Biden administration’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, supported by only 13...
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SCOTUS Decisions Imperil our Norms, Institutions, and Democracy

By Joe Holomuzki Recent decisions by a conservative supermajority US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) have shaken our political and constitutional landscape....
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Election Deniers Aim to Disrupt Vote Certification in November

By Joe Holomuzki After the 2020 election and January 6th insurrection, threats to the election certification process have escalated, now...
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Trump’s Project 2025 Dismantles Public Education and Undermines Democracy

By Joe Holomuzki Public education is a fundamental pillar of our democracy. Education reduces crime, improves public health, strengthens gender equality,...
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Democracy or Autocracy? Your Vote Does Make the Difference

By Margaret Konieczny In 1949 at President Harry Truman’s second inaugural speech, he said "Communism is based on the belief...
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Henry A. Wallace on the Danger of American Fascism: As Pertinent Today as It was 80 Years Ago

In 1944, at the height of the war against Germany and Japan, Henry A. Wallace, Vice President to President Franklin...
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Changemaking Decisions by SCOTUS Imperil our Norms, Institutions, and Democracy

Recent decisions by a conservative supermajority US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) have shaken our political and constitutional landscape. As a result,...
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Election Deniers Aim to Disrupt Vote Certification this November

After the 2020 election and January 6th insurrection, threats to the election certification process have escalated, now with an increasing...
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Trump and Project 2025’s Plan for Public Education

Public education is a fundamental pillar of our democracy. Education reduces crime, improves public health, strengthens gender equality, and produces...
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Is Separation of Church and State in Peril? A foundational promise from our Founding Fathers

Letters to The Editor Written by: Sandi Whitteker It’s the perfect moment to write about separation of church and state,...
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Can future generations rely on Social Security in retirement? (opinion piece)

Letter to The Editor Written by: Chas Macquarie  The Social Security Act was passed and signed into law in 1935....
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Attacks on Reproductive Rights

Letters to The Editor For 49 years after Roe v. Wade, Americans had the right to choose to continue or end...
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68% of Registered Voters Believe Democracy is ‘Extremely Important’

Letters to The Editor A recent Fox News poll showed that 68% of registered voters believe democracy is ‘extremely important’,...
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A Revisit: Henry A. Wallace on the Danger of American Fascism

Letters to The Editor In 1944, at the height of the war against Germany and Japan, Henry A. Wallace, Vice...
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Healthcare, the ACA, and Nevadans

Letters to The Editor A recent nationwide survey by Sacred Heart University revealed many Americans are concerned about the lack...
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Biden’s New Deal-like Actions for Working Families

Letters to The Editor History sometimes repeats itself.  By the 1950’s Americans generally liked the basic social net, infrastructure, and...
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Climate Change

Letters to The Editor We are in uncharted territory in Earth’s climate crisis, as ocean temperatures and atmospheric CO2 levels...
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