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“I’ve been involved in political life in Nevada since 1963,” Harry Reid told an audience gathered for a discussion of anti-Semitism Thursday at UNLV, noting he crisscrossed the country during his time in a variety of offices, including Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate. “Never in all my travels did I hear a single slur that was anti-Semitic. I’m not foolish enough to believe it wasn’t out there, but I never saw it. Sadly, it’s here in Nevada.”
Nevada’s former US Senator wants to make something clear.
Unnerved by a rise in anti-Semitic hate speech and bigotry, including in Nevada, former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid organized an educational forum at UNLV on Thursday as part of his call to unite people against it.
Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid hosts a discussion on anti-Semitism in America with panelists Deborah Lipstadt and Jonathan Weisman at UNLV in Las Vegas Thursday, April 11, 2019.
“It’s raised its ugly head all across America now, and so we’re going to have to do something about it."
After a gunman killed 11 people inside a Pittsburgh synagogue last fall, a swastika appeared in a UNR residence hall. It was carved into a wall with a pencil.
Throughout former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s decades-long political career, blatant signs of anti-Semitism were rare. That has changed nationwide, including in Southern Nevada, Reid says.
This tax season has been marked by a round of law changes, making filing taxes an even more confusing and frustrating experience for many Americans who normally rely on their refunds.
The diverse, yet unified, politicians from seven states hailing this week’s swift passage of legislation supporting the installation of drought contingency plans to protect the Colorado River have taken the first step in what promises to be a long and painful process.
Probably, but it’s complicated.
For some it was a shock. For others, a foregone conclusion. In February 2019, Google ditched mandatory arbitration clauses from its employee contracts. The #MeToo movement has placed the issue of employee rights firmly on the agenda and raised red flags over the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). As the pushback against discriminatory employment practices continues, there are growing concerns that NDAs and mandatory arbitration clauses are two sides of the same coin.
An increasing number of solutions to California and Arizona’s long-term water problems now involve Mexico.