The words reverberated across the tree-lined rolling hills of one of America’s greatest civil right’s leader’s birthsite. “Say his name,” Terrell McKinney said into the microphone. “James Scurlock,” responded to hundreds of protesters crowded around the Malcolm X birthsite as the sun set Sunday afternoon. McKinney, a 29-year-old Creighton University law student and candidate for […]
Diamond Davis wept under a cloudless sky as cars passed on the hot pavement outside the Old Market Sunday afternoon. Between hugs and comforting hands placed on her back, she mourned the loss of her friend James “JuJu” Scurlock who died a few feet away near the corner of 12th and Harney streets last […]
The shockwave cut through the night. A boom that sent the crowd fleeing as tear gas started to fill the air. As smoke completely enveloped the northwest corner of Dodge and 72nd streets in front of the Crossroads Target, a huddled group of people under the Crossroads Mall sign pointed toward the center of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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