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Cinco De Mayo
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Millions celebrate Cinco de Mayo today, but don't confuse it with Mexican Independence Day

May 05, 2022

In bars, casinos and restaurants throughout Nevada, Cinco De Mayo will be celebrated with margaritas and mariachi hats.

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Brent Holmes
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Las Vegas artist brings unique perspective to new podcast on city's past

May 04, 2022

Brent Holmes brings his unique perspective to the history of Las Vegas in a new podcast.

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From humble beginnings: Nevada Public Radio marks 42 years on the airwaves

Mar 24, 2022

Thursday is Nevada Public Radio’s birthday.

The station went on the air 42 years ago in a janitor’s closet in the Las Vegas Silver Bowl.

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The Picture Show
A ski jumper flies overhead on the 60-meter ski jump at the Suicide Hill Ski Bowl in Ishpeming, Mich. on March 7, 2021. The Suicide Hill Ski Bowl is home to 5 ski jumps - one being the infamous 90-meter Suicide Hill Ski Jump.

America's birthplace of organized skiing is in Michigan, here's what it looks like

Feb 05, 2022
Michigan photographer Nic Antaya started a documenting Ishpeming Ski Club to understand how it has birthed a handful of Olympic athletes and its culture.
Desert Companion
All Things
The cover of the book Caesars Palace Grand Prix
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Less Motor, More Mob

Jan 27, 2022

Caesars Palace Grand Prix is mainly for auto-racing fans, but has something for mafia-lovers too

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All Things
Artist Elena Brokaw
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Art From Tragedy

Nov 09, 2021

The Guatemalan government killed her father. Elena Brokaw seeks to remember him through art

Fifth Street

October 14, 2021

Oct 14, 2021
A local writer delights in Southern Nevada's surprising bird diversity | How cowboy preacher Bo Lowe found his voice | Public lands agencies need to get up to speed on Spirit Mountain. Indigenous People are ready to help
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The Northern Arapaho Tribe and a Colorado community forge a sister-city partnership

Oct 08, 2021

Many American towns and metropolises have initiated unions with international locales — “sister cities,” where citizens travel to each others' hometowns and build cultural bridges. Rarely have local leaders considered such an arrangement with tribal nations, until now.

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Loveland, Colorado Splinters Over Racist Sundown Town Past And Increasingly Diverse Future

Sep 27, 2021

Several moments during the last two years have reflected race-based problems in Loveland — at city council, school and library board meetings, during protests and in Facebook groups. Often, a key point of contention for some residents is whether racism even exists in the Colorado city, or ever did.

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In Nevada, Sundown Town History Has Cultural Impacts For Washoe Tribal Members

Sep 23, 2021

Prior to World War I, Nevada’s Douglas County adopted an ordinance that prohibited Native Americans from being in the towns of Minden or Gardnerville after sunset — at the risk of jail time or worse.

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Fifth Street

September 23, 2021

Sep 23, 2021
The Guatemalan government murdered her father. She remembers through art | When life gives you COVID, make a kung fu flick | Media Sommelier: The radical hope of All We Can Save
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Despite Its Optics, An Idaho College Town Remains A Complicated Place For People Of Color

Sep 17, 2021

Today, Moscow’s brief history as a probable sundown town seems a continent away. The northern Idaho town of 25,000 saw multiple racial justice protests last year. Black Lives Matter signs line the windows of Moscow’s downtown restaurants and cafes. But some people of color still feel uneasy here.

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Chinese Miners Faced Racism, Violence As Mountain West Sundown Towns Excluded Them

Sep 14, 2021

Sundown towns once drove out people of color or prohibited them from living within city limits. This practice started in the late 19th century, but the impact continues today. In Colorado, Chinese immigrants flocked to the state to find gold. They were tolerated in some mining camps and run out of others.

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Politics
A bipartisanship group of senators — (from left) Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., Republican leader Howard Baker of Tennessee, Democratic leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, and Birch Bayh, D-Ind. — hold a news conference in 1980.

You're Going To Hear A Lot About The 'Byrd Rule' Soon — Who Is This Byrd Man?

Aug 08, 2021
As Democrats try to pass their massive multi-trillion-dollar spending bill with a simple majority vote, lots of things might be included but other things might not. And it all goes back to one man.
Fifth Street

July 15, 2021

Jul 15, 2021
Wow, People Sure Hate Their National Parks | Reminiscing About the (burp!) Glory Days of Vegas Buffets | Media Sommelier: The (Literal) Fine Art of Celebrity Schadenfreude
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Fifth Street

July 1, 2021

Jul 01, 2021
It's Pie Time | Puck Wild: Vegas' First Hockey Team | Summer Chuggin': Cool Cocktails | Higher Ground at Mount Charleston | Hikes After 5
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Juneteenth
President Joe Biden is joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and members of Congress at the signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in the East Room of the White House on June 17, 2021.

Opinion: Juneteenth As A National Holiday Is Symbolism Without Progress

Jun 19, 2021
There is a growing discontent in the African American community with symbolic gestures that are presented as progress without any accompanying economic or structural change.
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Shots - Health News
Spotted Trunkfish collected in the US Virgin Islands in 1871.

Scientific Specimens Are Going Online, But Much Remains Hidden In Storage

Mar 27, 2021
From fish in jars to rare seeds and microbes, hundreds of millions of biological specimens are stored around the U.S., and caretakers are trying to make them accessible for future research.
Fifth Street

February 25, 2021

Feb 25, 2021
How Drag Culture Builds Community | A Review of Tod Goldberg's The Low Desert | The Imaginary Vegas That Saved My Sanity During the Pandemic | Media Sommelier
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The Neon History Of Southern Nevada's Black Community

Feb 17, 2021

February is Black History Month, and the Neon Museum is celebrating with an emphasis during its tours on the parts of its collection connected to Black history.

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Fifth Street

January 21, 2021

Jan 21, 2021
Bringing Everyone In at Nuwu Art | History for (Ventriloquist) Dummies | The Inauguration Poet | Hip Hop and Mass Incarceration
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Fifth Street

January 7, 2021

Jan 07, 2021
Remembering Joe Neal | The Taste of Yaad | Why Airplanes Smell Weird | How Being a Las Vegan is Complicated
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Fifth Street

December 23, 2020

Dec 23, 2020
Bad Vegas Ideas | Nevada's Historic "Presidentess" | "Handsome Johnny" and the Mob | The Memes of 1911 | When Formula One Came to Vegas
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
The founder of Johns Hopkins University was discovered to be a slaveowner in contradiction to the long-held narrative that the philanthropist was an abolitionist.

Johns Hopkins, Long Believed An Abolitionist, Actually Owned Slaves, University Says

Dec 10, 2020
Researchers found census records showing the entrepreneur and philanthropist owned slaves as late as 1850, contrary to the long-held belief that his family freed all slaves when he was a boy.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
The statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar, a 16th century Spanish conquistador, lies on the ground after it was pulled down by Indigenous people in Popayán, Colombia, earlier this year.

U.S. Statue Removals Inspire Indigenous People In Latin America To Topple Monuments

Sep 30, 2020
The latest target was a statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar, a Spanish conquistador who founded two Colombian cities and led a military campaign that killed and enslaved thousands of Indigenous people.

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