A new wave of migrant Californians is crashing over the desert, and it's bluer than ever.

The Declaration of Independence does not prescribe a particular form of government for the securing of our inalienable rights, but it leaves no doubt that government is necessary. The people may be the best judge of how the mask fits, but these days, can we do without masks?

It’s as if he runs the state of Nevada about as well as President Trump ran his steak company. Clearly, Gov. Sisolak, like Trump, has no knack for governing — and the fact that he is currently being sued by a coalition of small business owners proves he is just paying lip-service to being “a small business guy.”

The nineteenth anniversary of 9/11 hit me in a way I did not expect. None of the photos, videos, or stories were new, nor was the depressing darkness that stings every single time I watch the planes crash or the towers fall. But it had been a while since I really thought about that day.

“Thank you for all that you do.” People say that with the best intentions, I know, but it’s still an awkward compliment to accept when all I want to do is respond, “Actually, I hate this. I hate that my job exists.”

President Donald Trump has accomplished something that Senator Estes Kefauver and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy only dreamed of doing. He’s managed to put the Las Vegas we’ve known on the brink of extinction.

Peavine Peak, 10 miles from home and towering nearly 4,000 feet over the valley floor, has been fading in and out of visibility for weeks. Two miles to my east, the Sparks High “S” is only dimly visible through the constant blanket of smoke and haze covering my home.

As a student and activist with the Sunrise Movement, striking a balance between climate organizing and school is not simple. Fighting for systemic change comes with many powerful detractors; accusations of naiveté come from both sides of the aisle.

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is one of the most fascinating characters in our American story. An antebellum professor at a liberal arts college in Maine, he defied the administration at his college and volunteered in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Let me be clear: this is not an anti-mask rant, a plea to remove COVID-19 safety standards, or an attack on restaurants. It is an argument to allow businesses such as mine to reopen under the same standards as other similar industries — and restaurants happen to be the best comparable example.

Structural barriers and systemic bias have long contributed to significant differences in household wealth, social mobility, and educational attainment – leaving our communities of color in Nevada more vulnerable to public health crises and economic downturns.

Imagine, if you might, that I airdrop you into downtown Tonopah and command you to lead me to Reno and Las Vegas simultaneously. What would you do?

Six months after launching into an admittedly evolving effort to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus that to date has taken the lives of more than 1,200 Nevadans and 188,000 Americans, the idea that we’re all in this together seems like a pretty basic concept.

Earlier this week, Gov. Sisolak announced an extension of his residential eviction moratorium. As has now become his signature style, this latest decree was made at the very last possible minute, leaving thousands of small mom-and-pop rental owners in the lurch, and with no apparent thought given to the second, third, or fourth-order consequences to the decision.

While temperatures soared across much of the West in recent weeks, energy efficiency and conservation enabled Nevada utility customers to avoid blackouts.

There’s a movement afoot that is incredibly frightening. Unbeknownst to most of us, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed a series of initiatives of historic proportion that will expedite the removal of native vegetation across the intermountain West.

The heat wave we are experiencing here in Nevada is not just uncomfortable; it’s also part of a dangerous trend that we often overlook in our day-to-day lives. Scientific studies have confirmed the Earth’s climate is changing. Many observable changes are a result of the increased greenhouse gases emitted from human activities.

A coworker recently informed me that her 89-year old mother was going to vote for the very first time this November. Knowing that I dabble in election law, she asked for help with the new rules for the 2020 election. As we talked, she told her mother’s amazing story, and gave me permission to share. For privacy, I will use her mother’s nickname: Okaasan.