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Nebraska Politics The Patriarchy Worker Solidarity

The people making Nebraska unlivable are getting together to try to figure out why nobody wants to live here

We hear that the latest multimillionaire governor of Nebraska, Jim Pillen, has formed a commission to solve the mystery of why workers are not flocking to our state. In a press conference on Saturday, the governor stated that “our unemployment rate remains among the lowest in the nation, creating a unique challenge for attracting great […]

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Legislature

LB 939: Screwing us all to feed the rich

The state legislature is preparing to debate and vote on LB 939, the latest bill designed to steal from the poor to feed the rich.  How many times will we fall for this scam?  The Nebraska GOP is pulling out one of its most classic plays in LB939, because it just keeps working.  The same […]

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Bills Legislature Nebraska Politics

Prison reform: submit testimony on LB980 today

There are a lot of bills going through the legislature right now, and many deserve our attention. But today, we’re going to introduce you to LB980 and encourage you to submit online testimony today, or testify in person tomorrow. Senator McKinney introduced LB980 as part of his efforts to reform Nebraska’s justice system to make […]

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Pete’s Meat: Ricketts’s National Embarrassment of the Week

There are a number of vegans and vegetarians here at Seeing Red, as well as a bunch of us who also love meat.  But not the idea of meat eating and the meat industry pushed by Pete Ricketts, which is just embarrassing.   It’s embarrassing because he packs so many lies about meat eating into […]

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Civic Engagement racism

Creighton Prof Asked to Apologize for Calling an Omaha White Supremacist Rally a White Supremacist Rally

When Zachary Smith saw the news that there would be a “Back the Blue” rally in Omaha on Saturday morning he joined many online in feeling that such a rally couldn’t be separated by the racist actions of the Omaha Police Department, which have a deep past and have been on full display this last […]

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Civic Engagement Fuck Pete Ricketts racism The Pod

Advice from Morgann Freeman and Angie Phillips

From the pod, E13, 1:08:20-1:12:30 Morgann: To my young non-white and other intersectionally-identified folks: never forget who the enemy is.  Because there is a lot of noise around you, there is a lot of noise that will come at you, and it’s very easy to get caught up in all of the politics and all […]

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actual science COVID-19 Nebraska Politics

We are meat.

This week about 50 workers at the Smithfield pork plant in Crete left their places on the lines and walked out in protest after it was announced that the plant, which had previously announced it would close to protect the health of its workers, would stay open after all, with no real concessions made to […]

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Draft Nebraska Politics

Angie Philips is Running for Senate!

Where is Ben Sasse these days? Who knows?! The senator has been a no-show for Nebraskans in recent years, and one of his constituents has finally had enough of this disappearing act. Angie Philips has decided to take on Ben Sasse in the upcoming Senate race in order to give Nebraskans a senator who is […]

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Civic Engagement Draft Published

What in the . . . ?! A guide to all those words on the ballot this year

For all of you used to just seeing a list of names and some ovals on your ballot, this year’s city elections may come as something of a shock.  Our ballots regularly feature one or two big giant blocks of legalese, asking us to vote to fund street repair or storm water management, but this […]

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Nebraska Politics Published

Prison programs are an investment in the community

If you’ve never been inside a prison, your impression of it probably comes from sensationalized Hollywood fare.  Describing all the things wrong about these depictions would take another whole post. Suffice it to say, one of the most important things for the men and women overcrowded inside (so crowded the ACLU has sued the state) […]

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