As the rhetorical battle over Israel and Palestine wages, some progressives find ourselves caught in the middle.

Quickly after Metro Police announced that a toddler had vanished from a Las Vegas apartment last month, the name and photo of the curly haired, wide-smiled 2-year-old boy began to circulate on Facebook and YouTube. Compelled by the case, strangers hit the streets to search and pass out flyers.

Quickly after Metro Police announced that a toddler had vanished from a Las Vegas apartment last month, the name and photo of the curly haired, wide-smiled 2-year-old boy began to circulate on Facebook and YouTube. Compelled by the case, strangers hit the streets to search and pass out flyers.

The university teamed up with NASA and Colgate. They're launching a rocket Thursday carrying oral bacteria and saliva gathered from UNLV dental patients and 25 test kits.

With a giant clock counting down to 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the crowd cheered the full reopening of downtown Las Vegas for the first time in more than a year, with live music and no face masks or physical distancing.

Bobby Taylor tells me he's not anti-science and he's not anti-vaccination, he just doesn't trust a COVID-19 vaccine. Taylor speaks for thousands who are holding back from getting vaccinated.

With the success of the vaccines, we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel of this difficult period in our history. But before we jump back into routine of the normal life we lived in 2019, it would be a shame to not reflect on what we have learned during this time.

As a giant clock counted down to 12:01 Tuesday morning, crowds cheered the complete reopening of downtown Las Vegas for the first time in more than a year, with live music and no mask or social distancing required. Businesses are now allowed to be open at full capacity, with no Covid-19 restrictions.