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    August 2020

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    Stories from the August 2020 Issue

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    Virus
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    What Have We Learned?

    Aug 01, 2020

    Doctors, specialists, and medical students share the sometimes difficult lessons they’ve learned in the age of COVID-19.

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    Feature

    Top Dentists 2020

    Aug 01, 2020

    The 150 best dentists in Southern Nevada, as chosen by their peers.

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    Top Doctors 2020

    Aug 01, 2020

    The 268 best  physicians in Southern Nevada, as chosen by their peers.

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    Feature
    Erica Vital-Lazare
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    Every Voice: Race, Protest, and Power in Las Vegas

    Aug 01, 2020

    A roundtable on racial justice in Las Vegas.

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    All Things
    Rat Pack
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    Once Upon a Ring-a-Ding-Ding

    Aug 01, 2020

    On the 60th anniversary of Ocean’s 11, the film that introduced Sin City’s fizz to the world, a trip back in time.

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    All Things
    The Battle to Stay in America
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    Book Review: Unwelcome in Fabulous Las Vegas

    Aug 01, 2020

    A UNLV professor examines the immigration mess as it plays out in the streets and “strip-mall courtrooms” of Las Vegas.

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    All Things
    Intaglios
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    Day Trip: Strange Messages

    Aug 01, 2020

    A short drive away but a world apart: exploring the mysteries of the ancient Blythe Intaglios.

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    All Things
    Andrew in the kiddie pool
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    Ode: The Soaker

    Aug 01, 2020

    In praise of the cheapo kiddie pool.

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    All Things
    Black Lives Matter
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    Annals of Change: Different This Time?

    Aug 01, 2020

    As the movement toward racial justice gathers momentum, there’s a danger of mistaking symbolic change for the real thing.

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    All Things
    Ribs
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    Street Foodie: Soul Food and Beyond

    Aug 01, 2020

    African-American cuisine and Black-owned restaurants jazz up the valley’s food scene.

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    All Things
    Desert
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    Winding Down

    Aug 01, 2020

    In Desert Notebooks, author Ben Ehrenreich ponders the future through the lenses of climate change, the desert, mythology, time — and Las Vegas.

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    All things to all people
    Herbivore
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    The Accidental Herbivore

    Aug 01, 2020

    Worried about meat supplies, we join the growing ranks of quarantine-minted vegans.

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    Editor's Note
    Andrew Kiraly
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    Here We Are Again, Again

    Aug 01, 2020

    I acknowledge this as a false belief, but tough times call for, uh, sometimes indulging a forgivable weakness for a little personal religiosity cooked up in your head. Mine is: Las Vegans are extraordinarily hospitable.

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    History
    MGM Grand Fire
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    History: It Took a Fire to Change Us

    Aug 01, 2020

    Could the Strip become a model of safety in a post-pandemic world? The response to the 1980 MGM fire might offer some lessons.

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    Sense of Place
    Hey Reb
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    The Dark Side of Campus

    Aug 01, 2020

    What the removal of the Hey Reb statue means — and doesn’t mean.

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    Society
    Branded One
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    Building Muscle, Rebuilding Lives

    Aug 01, 2020

    Branded One CrossFit gym specializes in serving disabled veterans. But physical fitness is only part of the regimen.

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