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Author Archives: Leah Cates

Posted inEconomy, News

This Is Your Brain on Poverty: Omaha Is One Site in Nationwide Study

by Leah Cates September 6, 2022April 17, 2025

This story is part of (DIS)Invested — a long-term Reader investigation into Omaha’s inequities. When Tiffany Back’s oldest daughter, Catina, was in kindergarten, the single mom only saw her when she sent her to school in the morning — the rest of the time, Back said, she was working two jobs, desperate to make ends […]

Posted inCulture, Music

Wilco’s Nels Cline Opens Up

by Leah Cates August 4, 2022April 17, 2025
Posted inEconomy, News

‘The Fund Just Keeps Getting Bigger’: Nebraskans Denied Help as State Stockpiles $108M in Federal Funds

by Leah Cates July 11, 2022
Posted inEconomy, News

Being Poor Is Pricey

by Leah Cates May 23, 2022
Posted inEconomy, News

Some In-Need Nebraskans Banned From Food, Family Assistance

by Leah Cates April 10, 2022April 21, 2025
Posted inEconomy, News

With Ample Funds, Nebraska Refuses to Help 90% of Struggling Families

by Leah Cates March 4, 2022
Posted inEconomy, News

The ‘Problem of Poverty’ Among Nebraska’s Child Care Providers

by Leah Cates February 23, 2022
John Heaston
Posted inNews

Stories We Missed, and How We’ll Do Better in 2022

by Chris Bowling, John Heaston, Leah Cates, Lynn Sanchez, Karlha Velasquez Rivas and Bridget Fogarty, Report for America Corps Member January 10, 2022
Posted inEconomy, News

Edging Toward Employment Equity

by Leah Cates January 6, 2022
Posted inEconomy, News

New Petition Drive Fights for a Living Wage in Nebraska

by Leah Cates December 2, 2021

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