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July 8, 2026

Why Is It So Hard To Protest in Las Vegas?

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Why Is It So Hard To Protest in Las Vegas?

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Las Vegas has gotten in on national protests over the years, but it seems grassroots movements often have trouble gaining enough traction to garner attention for their cause in Southern Nevada. So why is that? Is Las Vegas dissuading massive protests? To answer that question, we sit down with journalist Naoka Foreman and criminal defense attorney Dayvid Figler to dig into the guardrails created in Las Vegas that seem to be hindering protests from picking up steam.

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