By Miltiño Ochoa* This Wednesday, Nov. 25, the god of the football world, Diego Armando Maradona, left for the heavenly fields. He left several indelible marks through his life of 60 years on Earth. Maradona died at his residence at the age of 60, he was with his relatives, when he suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest […]
Story and Photos by Chris Bowling and Alex Preston A ballot box outside the Charles B. Washington branch of the Omaha Public Library on the morning of Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Chris Bowling. The sky faded from black to cobalt and finally soft pink as the city began to stir. The clang of construction […]
By Karlha Velasquez Rivas *Published in the November 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 idea […]
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 Marcela Carvajal We are living in a time when information in the media related to the prevention of tobacco use and other nicotine-containing products has been relegated to the background. With the increase in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide, substantially affecting our community in Nebraska, it is critical to report on the measures that have […]
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 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, […]
By Karlha Velasquez Rivas The situation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is on the table. The Supreme Court has the power to eradicate or keep the program alive, a program that, since being created back in 2012, has benefited over 800,000 immigrants with the opportunity of getting a job. The uncertainty of Dreamers and […]
By Chris Bowling I hate the coronavirus. Truer words could not define the country and world’s feelings at this moment; however, they rarely appear so succinct and blunt. But that’s exactly what Bonnie Sarton Mierau hears during weekly counseling sessions with kids at the Attachment and Trauma Center of Nebraska in West Omaha. They say […]
