On July 9, Desert Companion hosted “Every Voice: Race, Protest, and Power in Las Vegas,” a live Zoom roundtable on racial justice. How does protest translate into policy? Is defunding the police a feasible idea — or is reform more realistic? How is Las Vegas unique as it grapples with systemic racism on a local level? Panelists engaged these questions and many more.

Mark Padoongpatt seems to be asked this question frequently: Where’s the best place to get Thai food in Las Vegas?

The summer of 1990 saw a quiet riot speak volumes after Black organizations staged a boycott of Miami’s tourism industry, costing the city between $5 million and $12 million in the first three months alone. And the silence of the Black dollar was only starting to suffocate the city’s economy.

Widespread protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd have sparked a national conversation about racial justice. In this roundtable discussion, activists, artists, policymakers, and scholars explore how that conversation is taking shape in Las Vegas. How can street rallies translate into real change?

Calls for social justice amid the Black Lives Matter Movement has renewed focus in addressing the ignorance of the past, including the often-overlooked history of black cowboys and the significant role they played helping shape the American West.

The primary purpose of history is to understand the past as a guide to understanding the present and future. History should not be deemed as feel-good nostalgia – much of history is painful and shameful. So how do we find the right balance? Is statue-cide the right answer?

June is designated as PTSD Awareness month, which concentrates on the impact of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among people who suffer mentally, physically and/or emotionally from a past trauma.

Scholars born and raised in the Thai community stand in line with the Black Lives Matter group, including going to rallies.

Over 20 years in the food world, I have watched talented chefs and leading restaurants across the country help build a New American cuisine—which often came to mean French technique using Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American ingredients like yuzu and turmeric, berbere, poblanos and zaatar.

Thai people in the U.S. show solidarity for equality with African Americans during the Black Lives Matter movement over the past month.

Black Lives Matter protests are continuing across the country. With the large crowds and passionate pleas for justice, it begs the question: what will actually come out of all this?

The days and weeks following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, Minnesota have been marked by a civil rights movement that — in terms of size and structure — could be considered larger than the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s.