OMAHA, April 20, 2020 — Who remembers the opening sequence to the 1971 science fiction thriller Omega Man? It’s a late afternoon in downtown Los Angeles. Charlton Heston drives through the empty streets in a bright red Cadillac convertible, the wind whipping through his hair as the sun glares off his aviator shades. He pushes […]
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Racism Declared A Public Health Emergency, Senate Shakeup, 11-Worth Closes and More Top Local News for Thursday, June 18
Thursday, June 18 • 18 Days Under New DHM • 4 Days until Phase III Support us by becoming a member and following us on Twitter and Facebook Updates from Your Locally Owned Newspaper After 500+ free issues distributed over 26 years, The Reader needs you. View our guide to local resources at TheReader.com Good morning, Today we have […]
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New Curfew, Scurlock Murals, Solidarity in Solitude and More Top Local News for Friday, June 5
Friday, June 5 • 5 Days Under New DHM • At Least 25 Days to Go Support us by becoming a member and following us on Twitter and Facebook Solidarity in Solitude: Protester in Carter Lake Stands Up against Police Brutality “Racial equality isn’t something we should have to protest for,” said Karley Baker, 14. “But in this […]
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Black Drivers Overrepresented in OPD Traffic Stops, New Health Measures Coming, UNMC Meatpacking Survey and More Top Local News for Friday, June 12
Friday, June 12 • 12 Days Under New DHM • At Least 18 Days to Go Support us by becoming a member and following us on Twitter and Facebook Tickets and Arrests: Black and White Drivers Face Very Different Outcomes from Traffic Stops For white drivers in Omaha, the most likely outcome they can expect from a traffic […]
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25 Things to Do This Fall in Omaha
Well, we’re here again. Instead of smashing the curve like we all hoped, much of the nation, is still dealing with high caseloads of COVID-19. Nebraska in particular is seeing daily caseloads about as high as the previous peak in the pandemic back in May. That’s all to say, don’t let up on social distancing, […]
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Digital Leather in the Days of COVID
Prior to the interview for this column, the last time I spoke with Shawn Foree, the mastermind behind the musical project Digital Leather, was a couple years ago. It was late in the evening standing outside the patio door at mid-town punk club O’Leaver’s, no doubt killing time between live sets from a couple local […]
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What to Do in the Face of Tyranny?
As I watched the news this summer, I thought — this makes sense. Our cities burned, either from raging wildfires or violent clashes in the streets. Federal troops invaded towns, peaceful protesters were gassed, and every day, tens of thousands of Americans got sick and hundreds more died. It’s a tragic, but entirely fitting, end to our […]
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“Laughter Over Sorrow” Benefit Show Celebrates the Life of Comedian Carlos Tibbs
As the sun set behind trees in the distance, performers went over the material they’d prepared. The lights, microphones and loudspeakers were set up. Two hundred people sat in folding chairs, the smell of barbecue in the air, as they talked and laughed at the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation Sunday evening. It was exactly what […]
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Analog Man in a Digital World
Analog Man in a Digital World by Michael Braunstein It didn’t have to be this way. We didn’t have to be so polarized, so binary, so coarse, so granular. But we made it happen like this because of who we are. We are the only species in existence that works day and night trying to […]
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June Reopenings, Hospitals Filling Up, Tracing U.S. Patient Zero and More Top Local News for Tuesday, May 26
Tuesday, May 26 Support us by becoming a member and following us on Twitter and Facebook The Pandemic’s Ups and Downs The Reader music editor B.J. Huchtemann shares what her life’s been like during the pandemic, how she’s coping and where she looks for hope. View our guide to local resources at TheReader.com Good morning, Today we have stories about ways […]
