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Reno ‘Black Wall Street’ puts down roots

November 8, 2020 Wenei Philimon 3

Romar Tolliver wanted to help educate and empower Black community members, so he rented a space in Reno to open a free bookstore. Then, at a local gym, he met Donald Griffin, the creator of […]

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Pandemic Chronicles: Small businesses fight for help

October 28, 2020 Wenei Philimon 0

All year Jennifer Martin and Denelle Padgett have been working for free at their yoga apparel store. As co-founders of Satori Movement, previously known as Hello Yoga Apparel, they struggled just to pay rent. Their […]

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UNR students lament COVID changes

October 14, 2020 Wenei Philimon 0

Maria Stevens, a sophomore at the University of Nevada, Reno, was scared when she tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 on Oct. 6. As she filled out her reporting form, she thought about […]

City life

First-time clients relying on Food Bank

October 2, 2020 Wenei Philimon 0

The couple arrived at the Northern Nevada Food Bank’s drive-through distribution site on bicycles. They carefully packed the donated food in knapsacks so they could get the supplies home. Then the woman sat on a […]

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Anti-Semitism and white supremacy: history repeats itself?

September 19, 2020 Wenei Philimon 0

Leon Malmed, a Holocaust survivor living in Reno, has for years been speaking about his World War II experiences at local schools and events. Audience members in recent years have asked him if he sees […]

Education

Some young Nevadans clueless about Holocaust

September 16, 2020 Wenei Philimon 3

Judith Schumer’s parents survived the Holocaust, the systematic murders of European Jews by the Nazis, by leaving Poland and going to Lithuania at the start of World War II. They then got a visa from […]

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Trump Train roars into Minden

September 13, 2020 Wenei Philimon 12

“It’s my first Trump rally.” That’s what I tell the lady seated behind me when she asks, “when did you become a conservative?”  She had already posed that question to a man behind me, who […]

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COVID who? It’s UNR party season

August 27, 2020 Wenei Philimon 0

The start of a university semester means parties; it’s like a law. At the University of Nevada, Reno, where students returned to campus this week in the midst of a pandemic, that unwritten mandate is […]

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