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Years Before Sammy Davis, Josephine Baker Was Desegregating Vegas Casinosnew

It seems almost like a fairy tale in which a lone black woman—before the civil rights movement, before the integrated Rat Pack appeared on the Strip, even before the Voting Rights Act—stood against the powers that were in Vegas in 1952 and won.
Las Vegas Weekly  |  Richard Abowitz  |  02-19-2009  |  Race & Class

Perhaps It's Time for the Gov't to Sell What It Doesn't Really Neednew

Real people who have bills and not enough money might put their useless stuff up for sale on eBay. Of course, for government the math does not work that way. In government you either raise taxes or cut programs. But imagine if that were not so.
Las Vegas Weekly  |  Richard Abowitz  |  02-12-2009  |  Economy

The XXXChurch Brings its Mission of Fighting Porn Addiction to Vegasnew

The XXXChurch ministers to people addicted to porn, largely by attending porn conventions and handing out literature.
Las Vegas Weekly  |  Richard Abowitz  |  11-10-2008  |  Religion

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