Sweet nostalgia flowed when Omaha native media titan Cathy Hughes got feted in her hometown May 17-19. The Omaha African-American community that produced Hughes has long followed her achievements. Her multimedia Urban One Inc., whose brands include Radio One and TV One, are Black-centric platforms. Despite a media footprint rivaling […]
“The mission of Young, Black and Influential is meant to affirm Black leadership in the Omaha community. These awards are intentional about allowing for all definitions of leadership and impact- created and owned by the Black community and leader,” says Ashlei Spivey, founder for the YBI Awards. Pictured above is a […]
#MeToo shook quite a few Men awake. It rightfully placed Violence Against Women at the forefront of our discussions and helped expose the prevalence and tactics of Power & Control in a way that we could no longer deny it exists. The movement is successful in adding to the number of Men, like those of us […]
When I take a pause to reflect on what this phrase, now a viral hashtag movement means, I feel a range of emotions, probably most present is that of rage. Sexual assault, consent, violence, etc. are all complex social issues that intersect with other social complex social issues and structures. There are […]
It’s been only a little over six months since the Me Too (#MeToo) movement first gained national prominence, and the Time’s Up movement was just founded by Hollywood celebrities at the beginning of the year, but these movements have generated an incredible amount of attention to the subject of sexual harassment and […]
Little Brazil is back with a new album that, in my humble opinion, is their best ever. I write the above without any explanation assuming you and everyone else knows who Little Brazil was, is and will be. Because if you live in Omaha, listen to indie rock and know […]
Get out the vote (GOTV) efforts, whether partisan party-driven or community-based, are a staple of American politics. In this messy mosaic of interests, attitudes and demographics, you may regard voting as solemn civic duty or why-bother-it’s-rigged hassle. Whether viewed as endorsement, protest, act of hope or futile gesture, your vote […]
You may not know the name Bob Dixon, but you likely recognize the name Greensburg. The city of Greensburg, Kansas was leveled by an F5 Tornado on May 4, 2007. F5 is the highest rating for tornadoes with wind speeds between 261-318 mph. Bob Dixon was the mayor of Greensburg […]
If Noah had a camera, perhaps he would have done what noted nature and wildlife photographer Joel Sartore is doing. Sartore, who resides in Lincoln, Neb., is a star National Geographic shooter in the midst of an epic project, aptly named Photo Ark, that’s creating an archive of global biodiversity in order […]
What are record reviews in this age when most people have Spotify and can listen to everything? Instead of telling you where you should spend your money, record reviews are like signposts pointing you to where you should spend your time, or to keep you from wasting it. With that in mind, these […]
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