Does COVID distance education give us an opportunity to rethink how we approach schooling to begin with? And CCSD is claiming kids need to go back to school buildings because of rising suicide rates. But student suicides are on par with the average. And there are other factors that might be causing mental health issues.
Carrie Kaufman talks to Sondra Cosgrove, Leisa Mosely, Cecia Alvarado, and Sarah O'Connell about who turned out and what the election of 2020 means for our immediate future in Nevada.
What effect does workplace culture have on women? And are they doing better working remotely? Carrie Kaufman talks to two people who write about women in the workplace about how women are faring during COVID 19. And, Molly Ivins could - and did - say anything she wanted. We'll talk to the producer of a pioneering documentary.
What will happen if a "militia" shows up to a polling place and tries to block people from voting? What if we sign our ballots incorrectly? When will our votes be counted? Carrie asked Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria and Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Wayne Thorley to ease her troubled mind. With facts.
Extremism experts Pete Simi and Vegas Tenold Zoomed with Carrie Kaufman to chat about the Proud Boys, Antifa, the makeup of supremacist groups, and what they see happening after the election. It's a sobering conversation. But a much needed one.
This week's IMPACT looks at Intimidation in our current political environment. Carrie talks to extremism experts Pete Simi and Vegas Tenold, and SafeNest CEO Liz Ortenberger about how to counter intimidation on a political and personal level.
Akiko Cooks sat down with Carrie Kaufman to talk about systemic racism in the wake of the decision not to charge the officers involved in the Breonna Taylor killing in Louisville, Kentucky.
Carrie Kaufman talks real estate and a new arts study that shows how much COVID has really impacted Las Vegas. And Akiko Cooks shares her feelings about the world in the wake of the decision not to charge the officers who killed Breonna Taylor.
Carrie Kaufman talked with Nevada Current journalist Dana Gentry and Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic about real estate prices in Las Vegas - which have weathered the pandemic pretty well. So far. Nothaft thinks they are headed for a nosedive within a year.
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A daily look at the impact of the coronavirus on the lives of Nevadans through a social, educational and economic lens. We'll look at how people are responding to each other, and how they are creating…