Racism

On the last day of the most racially charged year in generations, the Omaha World-Herald ran an article examining health disparities between racial groups. Whites, not unexpectedly, came out on [...]

I hesitated to write this essay but the importance of January 6’s events at our nation’s capitol drove me to do so. There are other things that I should be writing. In my doctoral program, I [...]

As most people in Amerika wait for the white supremacist U.S. President, Donald Trump, to concede defeat in the recent election and vacate the White House, there remains great consternation among [...]

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Our insistence on being more dependent on technology and less on people – whether through power or social capital – has brought us to where we are today. Lack of jobs for those who [...]

There was an editorial by Weysan Dun, a retired and former special agent of the FBI in the OWH 11-1-2020. The title was “Promoting justice while acknowledging crime data.” Mr. Dun [...]

There is a heightened awareness about “Black Lives Matter” because of the recent highly publicized shootings and killings of African Americans by law enforcement officials (and the dismal level [...]

When I graduated from high school in 1971, I was pretty much an apolitical slug. I didn’t know much of anything that was swirling around me in society at that time, despite the fact that U.S. [...]

I’m riffing off a couple of ideas from Ibram X. Kendi and Caitlin Johnstone in this blog post. Ibram X. Kendi Ibram X. Kendi defines racist as “One who is supporting a racist policy [...]

Good evening, my name is Terrell McKinney.   I reside at 5319 N 30th st. Like many, I come here today to speak out against the current budget proposal from our mayor. I reside in the most [...]