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It’s about Time with Kent Behrens

A while before this particular coronavirus circumstance graced our lives, I shuffled through a pile of books I wanted to read, several of which I had started at one time or another. Barely started, as all had only a few pages turned, and out of procrastination, preoccupation, or boredom, in each I lost interest. I […]

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Blinded by Science

Blinded by Science by Michael Braunstein Hey, I may be wrong about this. I can’t prove it but I think science has left the barn. You see, when I was in school, (just a few brief decades ago,) I was taught that science was pretty much based on stuff you could prove. If you did […]

It’s about Time with Kent Behrens

Biggest Increase, Hope for Schools, Minneapolis Burns and More Top Local News for Friday, May 29

Friday, May 29 • 26 Days Under New DHM • At Least 3 Days to Go Support us by becoming a member and following us on Twitter and Facebook Crisis Behind Closed Doors: How the Pandemic Has Impacted Children’s Mental Health and What it Could Mean for Our Future As more kids spend time indoors, away from school and […]

COVID First Person

By Ryan Syrek When my mom would drive me to middle school, I used to list the names and jersey numbers of Chicago Bears players on the way, so I wouldn’t literally shit my pants due to anxiety about bullies and homework. When I turned 15 and learned to drive, I was terrified of […]

Crisis Behind Closed Doors: How the Pandemic Has Impacted Children’s Mental Health and What it Could Mean for Our Future

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 […]

What’s Your Pandemic Project?

I am a single father of a four year old and eight year old daughter. Their mama is a front-line health care provider here in Omaha and my girls are deeply worried about her, as well as these broader large, fairly incomprehensible, changes that have suddenly marked their world. On our first day of quarantine, […]

A Daily Sketch, A Meditative Offering of Peace

During this time of physical distancing (yet still maintaining a social connection), I’m connecting with others by a daily sketch of their hands – a meditation of peace to them. I reached out to fr/amily to share a photo of their hands in a position that expresses a feeling about life, or illustrates something they […]

Marching in Place with Jonathan Orozco

No one ever tells you how glacial pandemics really are. Wikipedia tells us the Black Death and Spanish flu lasted for years. I already know someone is reading this and thinking: “But the world wasn’t so connected back then.” Well, that’s definitely true, but our current health crisis is still expected to last for months, […]

Rising Local Cases, Family Dissatisfied with Report, 100,000 Deaths and More Top Local News for Thursday, May 28

Thursday, May 28 • 25 Days Under New DHM • At Least 4 Days to Go Support us by becoming a member and following us on Twitter and Facebook Markets Make their Meticulous Return With guidelines in place, farmers prepare to meet the crowds. View our guide to local resources at TheReader.com Good morning, Today we have stories about […]

A Stitch in Time with Janet L. Farber

I love art, but I’m not an artist. One of the reasons I became fascinated with art—modern and contemporary in particular—is that the best artists are able to express themselves in varied and fascinating ways that I may be incapable of achieving, but am able to comprehend and appreciate. And I enjoy by extension, through […]

Egregious Violations, Protestors and Police Clash, Evictions Loom and More Top Local News for Wednesday, May 27

Wednesday, May 27 • 24 Days Under New DHM • At Least 5 Days to Go Support us by becoming a member and following us on Twitter and Facebook Coping with COVID-19 Amidst All the Sturm and Drang Mike Krainak and his Artful Dodgers are adapting creatively to the “new normal.” View our guide to local resources at TheReader.com Good morning, Today […]

Coping with COVID-19 Amidst All the Sturm and Drang

It’s said that nothing unites a country and its people more than a common enemy. With Covid-19, a novel virus at that, we have it in spades. Only this time, the war hasn’t united nations against one another—unless labeling it the “China virus” is prelude. It’s created a pandemic that threatens the entire planet. Daily, […]