Commentary
Lombardo should have run against Rosen
Gov. Joe Lombardo issued another press release masquerading as a letter to President Joe Biden about housing Thursday. Lombardo’s latest idea to address affordable housing – or rather, for the federal government to do it – as articulated in his press release/letter to the president Thursday, is to tell Biden to “embrace free market principles […]
It’s time to make our primary elections make sense
It’s primary season in Nevada, and once again our state’s complicated mixture of open and closed primaries is on full display. Candidates for city councils are running in nonpartisan open primaries, while races for county commission and state legislature are closed, partisan elections. Caught in the confusion are now the largest group of voters in […]
Relax, GOP. A veto-proof Democratic legislature won’t fix NV’s upside down tax system. (Sadly)
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s top priority over the next seven months until the 2024 election will be exactly the same as his top priority over the last 8 months since the 2023 legislative session ended: Do whatever he can to help the Better Nevada PAC that loves him defeat a few Democratic assembly candidates and […]
Do we simply not care about old people?
The death toll was shocking, as were reports of chaos in nursing homes and seniors suffering from isolation, depression, untreated illness, and neglect. Around 900,000 older adults have died of COVID-19 to date, accounting for three of every four Americans who have perished in the pandemic. But decisive actions that advocates had hoped for haven’t […]
‘Gaslighting and greed’: How Uber overcharges riders and underpays drivers
If you’ve taken an Uber ride recently, you’ve probably noticed it cost a lot more than a few years ago. Why is that? PowerSwitch Action, my organization, conducted the largest-ever study of rideshare fares to find out. We discovered a story of gaslighting and greed that squeezes drivers and riders alike — while funneling our […]
What does the public really think about hunting?
When politicians threaten to eliminate Social Security, it is compared to touching the ‘third rail’, the one that carries electricity to power the locomotive. This admonition suggests great political harm may come to the perpetrator; caution is advised. Taking a close look at hunting and some of its facts and flaws is seen by some […]
First the GOP came for abortion. Birth control, surrogacy and IVF are next.
For girls like me who came of age in the ‘80s while the backlash to the women’s liberation movement raged, it was a profoundly confusing time. On one hand, we grew up listening to “Free to Be … You and Me” combat harmful sexist stereotypes, but the decade was also marked by stifling pressures to […]
Headline-hunting Lombardo mistakes urban sprawl for affordable housing policy
You can’t begrudge Gov. Joe Lombardo for trying to throw some shade on Joe Biden when the president made a campaign visit to Nevada Tuesday. Democrats do the same thing when Trump comes to Nevada. But let’s not pretend the letter Lombardo sent to Biden – and more importantly for Lombardo’s purposes, to the Nevada […]
Women will not yield in the free state of Nevada
Generations of Nevada women have ardently championed reproductive freedom with authentic Battle-Born spirit, strategic persistence and a steadfast commitment to personal freedom and family values. Despite facing national forces seeking to exert control over women and intrude into the most intimate and significant decisions of our lives — such as determining if, when, and how […]
Trump nearly derailed democracy once − here’s what to watch out for in reelection campaign
Elections are the bedrock of democracy, essential for choosing representatives and holding them accountable. The U.S. is a flawed democracy. The Electoral College and the Senate make voters in less populous states far more influential than those in the more populous: Wyoming residents have almost four times the voting power of Californians. Ever since the […]
Democrats run a real nobody against Amodei in CD2
Friday was the last day for Nevadans to file as candidates for elected office in 2024. In Nevada’s second congressional district, no Democrat did. Only four people, all Republicans, have won the solidly red district since its creation after the 1980 census: Barbara Vucanovich, Jim Gibbons, Dean Heller, and the district’s current representative, Mark Amodei. […]
More for them, less for us
In his State of the Union address, President Biden called out “massive executive pay” and vowed to “make big corporations and the very wealthy finally pay their share” of taxes. Corporate tax dodging and CEO pay have gotten so out of control that many major U.S. companies are paying their top executives more than they’re […]