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Child care is a daily puzzle Nevadans must put together to participate in the workforce • Nevada Current
The true struggles of child care are only known by those with children. That is, until they affect the ability of a person to do their job or commit to employers, only then is child care seen as a larger societal issue. Without child care options, Nevada’s economic and workforce activity would grind to a stop. On July 23rd, the…
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Married in Vegas, hoping and working for the best • Nevada Current
Dear President Biden, I am publicly writing to ask you to take executive action to protect American families, like mine, in danger of losing a loved one to deportation. Undocumented spouses and immediate family of U.S. citizens need your help now. We all get married for the same reasons: love and commitment. My wife Daisy and I got married in…
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U.S. is way stingier with maternity leave and child care than the rest of the world • Nevada Current
In most American families led by couples, both parents are in the workforce. Almost three-quarters of American mothers with children under 18 work. At the same time, nearly 1 in 4 U.S. children are being raised by single moms. Yet child care is generally unaffordable, and paid leave is not available to most U.S. parents. Around the world, however, most…
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Why this isn’t ‘just summer,’ and what climate change has to do with it • Nevada Current
A month into summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population had already experienced at least one extreme heat wave, and millions of people were under heat alerts, with forecasts warning of more ahead. Death Valley hit 125 degrees Fahrenheit (51.7 Celsius) or higher for nine consecutive days in early July. Las Vegas broke its all-time heat record at…
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Sam Brown cancels campaign visit to Elko for Bitcoin conference in Nashville • Nevada Current
Nevada Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown was scheduled to speak in Elko Saturday, part of his campaign’s “Rural Tour.” But the “Rural Tour” campaign stop was canceled due to, as the Elko County Republican Party put it on social media, “unintended circumstances.” The unintended circumstances, it turns out, is a cryptocurrency conference in Tennessee. Instead of Elko on Saturday,…
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Standardized testing is a flawed yardstick for assessing educational success • Nevada Current
Listening recently to a local political candidate denigrate public education in Nevada was very disheartening. Not because of character flaws or perceived inability of the candidate. He, like most voters, believes that national and state school rankings based on standardized test scores accurately measure school quality and effectiveness. Improving public education seems to be on the agenda of each local,…
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Corporate behemoths are using junk fees and technology to keep prices high • Nevada Current
Consumer sentiments about the American economy have reached a 7-month low and now maintain a baseline at the lowest levels since the Great Recession. This is despite historic economic gains following the COVID-19 pandemic that have resulted in an economy that is the envy of the world and the strongest economy in modern American history. This divide between the sentiments of consumers and the…
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The ‘tear it down’ vote • Nevada Current
This weekend I did a bit of doomscrolling about the global erosion of support for democracy, which research indicates is particularly pronounced among people in their 30s and 40s. I was reminded of a finding in one of those NYT-Sienna polls a while back that showed Trump crushing Biden in Nevada. “Which comes closest to your view about the political and…
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As a fellow Ohioan, I have some concerns about U.S. Sen. JD Vance • Nevada Current
Donald Trump announced Monday Ohio junior U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate in the 2024 Election, and I have some concerns. Like J.D. Vance, I am also 39 years old; I also grew up in a struggling old industrial city in Ohio; I have also lost countless people close to me to the scourge of drug addiction; and…
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Reality rudely follows Biden to Las Vegas • Nevada Current
People come to Las Vegas for a good time and to leave their troubles behind. But even before President Joe Biden tested positive for covid in Las Vegas Wednesday — the White House says he’s okay — the soundtrack accompanying his campaign swing to Nevada wasn’t “Viva Las Vegas” but a sad trombone. When Air Force One landed in Las…
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