ERA ALERT! Nevada Women’s Lobby “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Nevada: AJR3 – Ratifies proposed constitutional amendment relative to equal rights for men and women. The Equal Rights Amendment is back and Nevada can be one of three…
Wanted to share this with the group: Las Vegas-On Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Nevada’s Students of Higher Education will be rallying at UNLV’s academic mall (in front of Beam Hall) in order to highlight student-centered research and education. There will be eight students speaking. Four of the eight students…
Things I don’t want to completely ignore: The Nevada Women’s Lobby (of which I am a steering committee member) has been working to support ACR5, a bill calling for an interim study on the state of incarcerated women in Nevada. President Obama has started the process to overturn Bush’s misogynistic plot to devalue women’s health…
Before I crawl back to bed for a while, can’t fathom letting this piece of news fall off the desk … Nevada’s unemployment rate is now 9.4 percent, or roughly 1 in 10 Nevadans are unemployed. National rate is 7.6. We are so kicking everyone’s asses! Or, well, we are so getting our asses handed…
The final in my trilogy of outrage is the whole President Obama and Vegas thing. In a town hall meeting in Indiana last week the president made a comment that companies that are getting bailed out by the taxpayers should not be taking trips to Las Vegas. Then all hell broke loose! On the one…
Are we down to Wish Sandwiches yet? (A wish sandwich is when you have two pieces of bread and you wish you had some meat.) First, the history of Nevada’s tax system, so we know how we got so fucked. Some estimates about how much money might make its way to Nevada, if the president’s…
For some reason I thought I had already posted about this. My secretary is so fired. (Oh wait, I’m my secretary. I’m fired.) If the idea of gutting the higher education by 50% or more is unacceptable, head to the student-organized Budget Cut Rally tonight at UNLV starting at 6 p.m. Community leaders, educators and…
As many readers know, I am a member of the Nevada Women’s Lobby steering committee. I got involved because I want to help make a difference in the lives of women and children in Nevada. I chose to work with NWL because they share my values, including reproductive rights and equality for LGBT families. I…
I’m feeling rather uninspired lately. Why bother? Everything just feels shitty. Is it the shitty economy? In particular, is it the bleak outlook for Las Vegas’ (and vicariously Nevada’s) economy? Is it hulking, half-finished, man-eating City Center blotting out the sun? Is it post-holiday humdrum? Is it this dastardly cold that is camping in my…
The Sin City Siren 