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LR 294: Call to Action!

We received the following message over the weekend from a middle school teacher who has been working with a group of middle school students who are calling on the Unicameral to recognize the climate crisis. We’ve spotted them around the capitol lately, calling attention to climate change. We salute this group of kids for doing […]

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Education Legislature Nebraska Politics

The Rural School Funding Crisis in Nebraska

I’m here to tell you this: Do not let anyone tell you there is a property-tax crisis in out-state Nebraska. There is an income tax on the rich crisis leaving rural, especially agricultural, communities in Nebraska holding the bag for one of the most important things a state can do: educate its children. And I’m […]

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Civic Engagement Nebraska Politics

Getting to know you, getting to know all about Babs

Deciding to run Babs, like a lot of us, grew increasingly frustrated watching Jeff Fortenberry’s voting record in Washington. In particular, she mentioned his votes against transgender people, like herself, as well as his voting against equal pay for women, and his ‘present’ vote for the Violence Against Women Act, which she called “absurd.” But, […]

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Draft Nebraska Politics

Barbara Ramsey is Running for Congress!

And we are living! Ahead of her campaign launch on Thursday, October 10th, we wanted to introduce you to our newest shero, Babs, with the top 10 things you should know about this hardworking, determined woman. Babs is running to represent Nebraska’s first congressional district after watching Jeff Fortenberry vote a against the well-being of […]

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Civic Engagement Nebraska Politics

Changing Democracy One Conversation at a Time: An Interview with Morgann Freeman

After hearing her speak at Red State, I caught up with candidate for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, Morgann Freeman, at Crescent Moon in Lincoln, to chat about her campaign. From community organizer to candidate I asked Morgann about her experience as a community organizer and activist. She told me she’s been actively involved in her […]

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Civic Engagement

Red State Recap

Second Annual Red State This Saturday, I attended the second annual Red State conference at the Unitarian Church in Lincoln. This annual gathering of leftists is hosted by local groups, including the Lincoln DSA, the Omaha DSA, the Nebraska Left Coalition, Feed the People-Lincoln, For the People-Omaha, the Black Cat House, the Triumph, and the […]

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Legislature Nebraska Politics

Stay and Fight the Good Fight

This week, State Senator John McCollister, a Republican who represents District 20 in Omaha, spoke out against his party’s harboring of white supremacy. He tweeted, “The Republican Party is enabling white supremacy in our country. As a lifelong Republican, it pains me to say this, but it’s the truth.” He is hardly the only one […]

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Civic Engagement Draft Nebraska Politics

It is Time to Run

Phew! So far, 2019 in Trump’s America has largely been an exhausting rinse and repeat of previous years. Kids are still in cages, there is still a crisis at the border, and Trump’s racism has come home to roost in his tweets about Baltimore and the Congressional Squad of four women of color. He wants […]

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Nebraska Politics

Jessica McClure is the Right Choice for NE CD1

This week, the Lincoln Journal Star endorsed Jeff Fortenberry to represent Nebraska’s CD1 in Congress. I’m sure you, oh loyal reader, will by now have noticed, that we at Seeing Red support his opponent, Jessica McClure. Today, I want to share with you my (somewhat fleshed out) Letter to the Editor that I sent to […]

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Civic Engagement Nebraska Politics Ready

An Education on Public Health Initiatives

If you’re like me, on Monday night you might have seen Jon Camp tell three of his constituents to stop bothering him at city council meetings (1:48:00 in the video), where we already know he doesn’t stand, er, sit, for politics. If you’re not, then you probably read in the LJS that he would rather […]

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