So you’re stuck living in rural Nebraska, probably because you’re a teenager, migrant worker, or a woman married to an angry white man. Perhaps you are living with depression or anxiety in one of our extensive mental health care deserts, or think you can’t seek help because there’s a stigma attached to a man seeking…
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Plattsmouth Public Schools
We now return to the town of Plattsmouth, where right-wing extremists continue to set their sights on the school board in hopes of continuing Terri Cunningham-Swanson’s work of banning books they personally don’t like – and have neither read nor comprehend – from the school libraries. A volunteer for the Voter Information Project, which is…
Omaha & Millard Public Schools
This is the first in our series of responses to the questionnaires that school board candidates across the state have returned to us. These posts do not constitute endorsements. The intention is to inform and educate readers about the candidates in their school district and, even more importantly, to encourage further research. If you are…
School Board Questionnaire Preview
It’s a lovely Friday here in Nebraska and we are pleased to have received many responses to our school board questionnaires! Responses will be posted and grouped together by school district before the May primary. Questionnaires will be posted in their entirety, side by side with the responses of those in the district. No opinion…
The Good Life for All Nebraskans
We thought we would bring you something positive here, because we care about Nebraska, and we believe it’s capable of so much better than what we see in the media. That’s why we stay in a state that is hostile toward women, members of the LGBTQIA community, people who are Black, Latino and Indigenous, and…
Nebraska Hate Groups
There are many hate groups in Nebraska, including Neo-Nazi, white supremacist and other extremist organizations. But first, what defines a hate group? It’s a term you hear so often, that the meaning might be a bit hazy, so here we go: The Southern Poverty Law Center defines a hate group as an organization or collection…
Condolences to Seeing Red Nebraska
We are so sorry to hear that Ben Kroeze, husband of one of the founders of Seeing Red Nebraska, tragically lost his life in a car accident. He sounds like he was an incredible human being. If you would like to contribute to his family, a fund has been set up for this purpose.
A Win for Plattsmouth
Congratulations to the people of Plattsmouth, who voted to recall school board member, Terri Cunningham-Swanson, for her extremist views. Terri came to office with views driven by conspiracy theories and stances contradicted by not only reality, but hypocrisy. She conned plenty of people into believing her “cause” but not enough. With a vote of 1,649…
Recall Terri Cunningham-Swanson: Part 10
Since Terri Cunningham-Swanson claimed to be so keen on protecting minors, it was interesting to see that one of the main people she and her followers have been attacking is a young man by the name of Jayden Speed. Jayden was a student who graduated from an adjacent school district and political science major brought…
Recall Terri Cunningham-Swanson: Part 9
Within less than two weeks of the first petition just barely missing the threshold of signatures needed, another Plattsmouth resident filed a second petition. Terri and her folks were moving goal posts and adding to their rhetoric, while Sarah Slattery led a new charge to recall Terri Cunningham-Swanson. Second Recall Attempt During the first couple…