It’s time for a history lesson for conservatives. From the infancy of our nation to the modern day struggle for civil rights, they have been wrong on the major issues of our Republic. I’m not saying ...

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Billy came home from school, crying, and told his dad that a classmate at school was charging $1.25 for a candy bar, and he and his classmates couldn't afford the price. "That's inflation," shouted ...

I thank Mr. Anthony Watts for his letter on January 13 telling us that extreme weather has been around for a while. For example, he lists The Great Flood of 1862 when, according to him, “the ...

Your Jan. 15 editorial (“MLK’s famous dream remains inspirational, timely”) was excellent. It was a great history lesson reminding your readers of the challenges of public school integration in the ...

In view of events that have unfolded over the past year, I felt compelled to write this letter. It has been a long, hard slog as we approach the second anniversary of the advent of COVID-19. What I ...

While reading recent articles about the UNLV and UNR women’s volleyball teams confronting the issue of playing against transgender athletes, I was reminded of an experience 44 years ago that ...

In our world today, where there is so much negativity, when something positive happens we need to speak up. I am a substitute teacher in Carver schools. I had the opportunity of subbing in fourth ...

I am angry at Gov. Brownback and the other governors who will refuse Syrian refugees. My anger stems from when I was a child during World War II and Americans of Japanese descent were taken from their ...