City life
Reno ‘Black Wall Street’ puts down roots
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 […]
Articles by Wenei Philimon
City life
Pandemic Chronicles: Small businesses fight for help
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 […]
COVID-19
UNR students lament COVID changes
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
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 […]
News
Anti-Semitism and white supremacy: history repeats itself?
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
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 […]
Government
Trump Train roars into Minden
“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 […]
News
COVID who? It’s UNR party season
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 […]