Reno News & Review

A Hell of Our Own Makingnew

Bill McKibben talks about the fight against climate change.

Reno News & Review | Marc Maximov | 12-18-2012 | Environment

Life in Transitionnew

Kris Pittman likes sports, action movies and working out. He spent seven years in the Air Force…and was born a woman.

Reno News & Review | Brad Bynum | 09-29-2012 | LGBT

Tags: transgender, female to male

Junkienew

Attempts to prevent drug use paint addicts as monsters. Guess who then hides their addiction?

Reno News & Review | Devin Hansrote | 11-21-2011 | Health

Tags: Health, Drug Addiction, Drug Treatment

7,000,000,000new

The world's population hits 7 billion on Halloween.

Reno News & Review | D. Brian Burghart | 10-27-2011 | Environment

A Hard Look at Legal Prostitutionnew

Harry Reid calls for an end to legal brothels in Nevada. First, let’s do the numbers.

Reno News & Review | Willie Albright | 03-18-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Prostitution, Nevada, Harry Reid, Brothels, Moonlight Bunny Ranch

Renaissance Generation?new

Will this generation see an explosion of creativity, collaboration and art that could be called a renaissance?

Reno News & Review | Patricia Martin | 12-30-2010 | Commentary

Tags: Culture, Patricia Martin

First Amendment vs. First Commandmentnew

Sharron Angle and the separation of church and state.

Reno News & Review | Dennis Myers | 10-12-2010 | Politics

Tags: 2010 Midterms, Sharron Angle, Harry Reid

GOP Lightnew

How the Democratic Party lost its way and screwed the working poor.

Reno News & Review | Dennis Myers | 06-17-2010 | Politics

The Myth of the BPA-Free Diet: Seven Days of Trying to Evade a Chemicalnew

Though reports of its potential health effects and presence in the linings of containers and cans have long been reported in science journals and the media, an article in the December issue of Consumer Reports brought concerns over BPA to a broad audience.

Reno News & Review | Kat Kerlin | 12-22-2009 | Culture

Tags: BPA, canned goods, consumer reports, healthy eating

The World's Greatest Dysfunctional Body: Why the U.S. Senate Can't Governnew

Ever wonder why the federal government can't get anything done -- like health care or immigration reform -- despite one party's control of Congress and the presidency? It's because of a procedure that allows the threat of a filibuster to obstruct action more easily than a real filibuster.

Reno News & Review | Dennis Myers | 11-30-2009 | Politics

Tags: Health Care Reform, Congress, politics, Senate, Harry Reid

Dirty Secrets of the Real Estate Collapsenew

There's lots of blame going around for this economic crisis. How we got here was simple: too much credit and too much debt for too many years. But why are hard-working people, many Hispanic, losing their houses?

Reno News & Review | Madeline Zook | 11-07-2008 | Housing & Development

Tags: real estate, Nevada, foreclosures, Latinos, mortgage crisis, economic issues, Federal Reserve