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Purple Politics Nevada with Lucia Starbuck is KUNR’s weekly show about the 2023 Nevada Legislative Session. This week’s episode examines some of the bills the Nevada Black Legislative Caucus has moved forward on recognizing Juneteenth as a state holiday and removing language in the Nevada Constitution allowing for slavery in some cases.

Daniel Tom was the target of racism and bullying growing up in Mesa, Ariz. Decades later here in the small mountain town of Buena Vista in south-central Colorado, life is easier, quieter. Still, there are at least a few signs that make him feel unwelcome – actual signs that read “Chinaman Gulch.”

Racial disparities are deeply pronounced in state prisons across the nation – and some Western states top the list.

Here are the local news headlines for the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021.Report: People Of Color More Impacted By WildfiresBy Bert Johnson, Mountain…

Vanessa Chavarriaga loves to be outside, whether it's floating down a river in the desert or ice skating on a frozen alpine lake. And when she posts...

Community members gathered at the University of Nevada, Reno on Monday to remember the victims of the Ukraine International Airlines plane crash that took…