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The private jets, limousines, and tanned vacationers coursing through Atlantic Aviation’s exclusive lot mask a grim reality. Every Tuesday and Friday, the private company facilitates the transportation of residents detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in and out of Las Vegas. They sometimes come, and sometimes go, chained at the wrists, waist, and feet, […]

Las Vegas DSA’s Electoral Working Group (EWG) has prepared a process-driven voter guide targeting Southern Nevada. EWG developed a list of candidates that had the potential to be aligned with our positions, and invited candidates on the list to fill out the questionnaire. Based on the questionnaire responses, EWG made recommendations to the General Body, which approved the following voter guide for publication.

Smile, Las Vegas! You’re on Camera. Imagine you’re driving to work and stop at a red light. Without your knowledge, a camera on the street pole has taken a picture of your license plate, your car’s color and make, your tire brand, any dents, and even your bumper stickers. This data uploads immediately to a […]

The Las Vegas Democratic Socialists of America (LVDSA) recently responded to a community crisis at Hebron apartments in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. Local organizers were outraged to learn that Hebron’s vulnerable residents had been abruptly served eviction notices despite having made timely rent payments. Hebron, a once beautiful neighborhood dedicated to the mission of helping […]

Capping rent increases, increasing the minimum wage, and banning corporate money in politics are just some of the issues two democratic socialists are advocating for in their campaigns for state Assembly. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) received national attention due to Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral race in November 2025, […]

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory over establishment Democrats has reverberated nationwide — energizing Democratic Socialists of America chapters — including in Las Vegas, where local membership and energy have surged. Nationally, DSA membership jumped from 80,000 in October to over 90,000 by November. The Las Vegas chapter gained 200 members between Mamdani’s primary […]

Las Vegas DSA is proud to endorse two socialist candidates for the Nevada State Assembly: Val Thomason for Assembly District 10 Shaun Navarro for Assembly District 34 Bios for each candidate can be found below. These candidates reflect LVDSA’s commitment to building long-term, diverse, working-class power in Nevada by electing representatives who fight for the […]

One of our members, Erika Ballou, a Clark County judge, was suspended without pay by the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline for 6 months. The official reason: refusing to send a single Black mother to jail. Judge Erika Ballou did what most people would hope for in a judge and that’s showing compassion. The Nevada […]

Violence is nothing new to Americans. From almost daily mass shootings to horrors funded by our tax dollars in other countries – especially in Gaza – political violence is now just another daily occurrence. Take, for example, the murders of Minnesota Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband or the shooting of CEO Brian […]

On July 11th, LVDSA Co-Chair Shaun Navarro asked Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley a simple question: will you pledge not to collaborate with ICE? Her answer: “No.” This answer is unacceptable when our community is living in fear. We call on Mayor Berkley and the Las Vegas City Council to publicly commit that the city […]

The Nevada landscape is not the same as the federal landscape. In Congress, we know that power players like Big Pharma and AIPAC run the show. Here in Nevada, it’s the Chambers of Commerce, the Nevada Realtors, the Retail Association of Nevada, mining companies, and big casinos.

Nevada’s 83rd legislative session started on February 3rd, 2025. Las Vegas DSA’s Electoral Working Group has been tracking bills on economic justice, worker power, immigrant justice, environmental justice, criminal justice reform and more. View Bill Tracker