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The Supreme Court won’t save the country so it looks like Nevada will have to • Nevada Current
“Institutions will not save you.” That was the third rule listed in an eminent essay published by Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen shortly after the 2016 election, “Autocracy: Rules for Survival.” The rule’s validity is being powerfully telegraphed lately by the U.S. Supreme Court. Several constitutional scholars, some of them notable conservatives, strenuously supported the Colorado case disqualifying Trump from that…
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Georgia school shooting shows how hard it can be to take action even after police see warning signs • Nevada Current
Most school shootings don’t just happen out of nowhere – there are typically warning signs. A year before a 14-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly opening fire in his high school math class at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Sept. 4, 2024 – killing two teachers and two students – authorities visited his home to investigate several anonymous…
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Control Congress. • Nevada Current
Jacky Rosen and Sam Brown each have been raising and spending millions of dollars telling voters to “pick me” in the Nevada U.S. Senate race. But that’s not the only thing Nevada’s incumbent Democratic senator and her Republican challenger have in common. Both Rosen and Brown have each been granted “A” grades from the cryptocurrency industry, which describes them both…
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Protect the health of families by protecting the Inflation Reduction Act • Nevada Current
Many of us have heard of Project 2025, the blueprint for a second Donald Trump presidency written by 140 of his former aides. While there are many concerning elements of this plan, as a doctor, one of the more concerning ones is the plan to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA is a landmark piece of legislation that…
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Climate impacts on sporadic winter storms and rising temperature in the Sierras • Nevada Current
This last weekend we saw the largest storm to hit the Sierras this winter. The Central Sierra Snow Lab measured 75.2 inches of new snowfall over a four day period ending March 4. So what does this mean in terms of snowpack, drought, and how our wildfire season will pan out? And how does this align with climate and precipitation…
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How organized labor shames its traitors − the story of the ‘scab’ • Nevada Current
Over its long history, the American labor movement has displayed a remarkably rich vocabulary for shaming those deemed traitors to its cause. Some insults, such as “blackleg,” are largely forgotten today. Others, such as “stool pigeon,” now sound more like the dated banter of film noir. A few terms still offer interesting windows into the past: “Fink,” for example, was…
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Ash Meadows should be cared for, cherished, and protected from mining • Nevada Current
Over the past few years, I’ve thought a lot about how I think and feel about wild places, our public lands, and the rules, regulations, and agencies that govern them. As a long-time resident of Beatty, Nevada near the headwaters of the Amargosa River, one such wild place that I care deeply about is Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Ash…
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Billionaires are bad for democracy. Taxing them is good for it. • Nevada Current
A new, disturbing milestone has been confirmed in the latest Forbes World Billionaires List. The U.S. billionaire class is now larger and richer than ever, with 813 ten-figure oligarchs together holding $5.7 trillion. This is a $1.2 trillion increase from the year before — and a gargantuan $2.7 trillion increase since March 2020. The staggering upsurge shows how our economy primarily benefits…
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Democratic men are stepping up for a woman president by stepping back, at last • Nevada Current
Women have been running for president of the United States since 1872, and for almost that long people have been asking what women need to do in order to break what Hillary Clinton has called the “highest, hardest glass ceiling” left in American culture. Almost no one has asked what men need to do in order to remedy the problem…
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Teaching about race is good, actually. States need to stop banning it. • Nevada Current
In this back to school season, millions of American students are returning to classrooms where the wrong course, lesson, or textbook can lead to deep trouble. Why? Because for the last several years, conservative activists and lawmakers have been waging a crusade against “critical race theory,” or CRT. Critical race theory is an academic concept acknowledging that racism isn’t simply the…
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