As a crowd of people collects on the corner of Fremont Street and The Boulevard, you might miss the slight white woman with the flaming red hair. Shorter than her three kids, barely audible through the megaphone she’s speaking into, this small mother may speak softly but her impact on Las Vegas was big on…
[UPDATE: March scheduled downtown on Tuesday, July 16. Details here.] I have no words. I am choked with anger. The verdict in the George Zimmerman trial has once again proven that our criminal (in)justice system is criminally broken. As if I needed more fuel for the fire, it doesn’t help that yesterday another Florida court…
Last week I had the pleasure of spending Independence Day with my family back home. It’s a different kind of place, Alaska. The Land of the Midnight Sun. And one thing going home is good for is to get some perspective. We all get mired in the daily grind — work, errands, bills, dishes —…
Originally posted on Nuestra Vida, Nuestra Voz:
Rape In The Fields documentary screenshot Our vegetables and fruits come with a side of rape and sexual abuse. That’s right. Rape. Did you know that many of the farm workers who pick our fruits and vegetables are undocumented? It isn’t enough that they’re underpaid and exploited for…
There is more than one kind of independence this Fourth of July (or any time). You can assert your independence by doing something on your own. And you can gain independence — liberation — from something or someone which has power over you. This week, I hope you will join me in promoting both. I…
There is more than one kind of independence this Fourth of July (or any time). You can assert your independence by doing something on your own. And you can gain independence — liberation — from something or someone which has power over you. This week, I hope you will join me in promoting both. I…
There is more than one kind of independence this Fourth of July (or any time). You can assert your independence by doing something on your own. And you can gain independence — liberation — from something or someone which has power over you. This week, I hope you will join me in promoting both. I…
As our nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, I am struck by the idea that there is more than one kind of independence. You can assert your independence by doing something on your own. And you can gain independence — liberation — from something or someone which has power over you. This week, I hope…
Originally posted on Desert Beacon:
Nevada’s Republican Governor, Brian Sandoval, has vetoed SB 221 with the following rationale. (pdf) (Oh, by the way — please be assured that the Governor really really does support expanded background checks — just not this form of expanded background checks…but notice that for all his generalized agreement in principle,…
Dear readers, your humble Siren is heading out on a much-needed mini-vacation. Let’s just say this legislative session has me frayed around the edges and a respite is in order. I’ll be out a few days, but while I’m gone, I’ve got some vintage SCS posts — like the one below from July 2012 —…
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