New state standards center marginalized voices, but students say their education remains whitewashed. Every day in seventh grade social studies is the same for Ángeles Mora Dominguez. PowerPoint slides pass by as she jots down notes from a book that offers praise for Christopher Columbus and suggests some slaveholders were benevolent. For years, the 13-year-old […]
By Karlha Velasquez Rivas *Published on the November print issue. A bucket of cold water fell to Juan González when he saw in the news that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ended the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) that benefited 300,000 immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Syria, Honduras, Yemen, Somalia and South Sudan. The […]
She left without pain and without saying much. The heart of Sofía Barragán de la Luz stopped beating at 74 in an Omaha hospital at 5 a.m. on May 21, 2020. The cause? COVID-19. Ms. Sofía, a woman who never got tired of learning, was born on September 18, 1945 in Chietethlan, a Mexican town […]
By Eneris Aymée Bernard Santos We all know the routine of cooking our daily meals: food gets cooked and leftovers are either refrigerated and forgotten or thrown away. Here is some “food” for thought: Americans discard about 150,000 tons of food every day. Rather than letting delicious food go to waste, why not reuse our […]
By Eneris Aymée Bernard Santos It is not new to anyone that large corporations have taken possession of the food market, thus generating disparity for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs looking to put their quality products on the market at a fair price. Due to the pandemic, we have seen how supermarket shelves have emptied; however, […]
By Karlha Velásquez Rivas *This is a translated version of a Spanish story that ran in El Perico. The conversation originally took place in English and has been edited for length. Kimara Snipe is a Communications Manager and Youth Specialist at the Nebraska Civic Engagement Table and a library specialist at the Omaha Public Library […]
Tensions flared as commissioners clashed on how to dole out funds as well as whether to increase the allotment from $10 million to $35 million. They also earmarked $4 toward utility assistance as MUD and OPPD plan to end moratoriums on service disconnects. By Chris Bowling The red light glared as the clock ran out, […]
A map of Census self-response rates among census tracts in Douglas County. Map created by the U.S. Census Bureau. By Chris Bowling / The Reader Nearly two months since mailers went out, Nebraskans are filing their Census surveys with the best of them, ranking fourth in the nation in percentages of citizens who’ve already self responded. However, […]
Click to access the full 84-page Candidate Profiles 2020 Guide. The League of Women Voters of Greater Omaha and Heartland Workers Center have compiled this statewide resource for Nebraska voters. More info about voting: Vote411.org See Content Guide below. CONTENTS: U.S. Senate (p. 2) U.S. Nebraska House of Representatives District 2 (p. 8) Legislature District 05 (p. […]
Until March 7, creatives wishing to participate in the 2020 Census Challenge, announced by theU.S. Census Bureau at the beginning of the year, have the opportunity, where up to $30,000 can be earned for the first original video and in the language of their choice. The challenge is to send a short audiovisual (30 seconds […]
