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The Proposed Tennis Center Expansion in Lincoln is NIMBY Wrapped in the Rhetoric of Equity

A proposal to expand a tennis center in a public park in central Lincoln is a case study in how the monied interests in Lincoln politics work. If you live in Lincoln, you are probably familiar with Woods Park, a welcome green space in the middle of Lincoln, providing some respite from the urban development […]

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Stop Cop City: In Atlanta, Nebraska & Everywhere

An overview of the campaign to build the country’s largest police training center by bulldozing the country’s largest urban forest; and why it must be fought against not only in Atlanta but here in Nebraska, and everywhere. By Illegible Distro  What is Cop City? The city of Atlanta, Georgia has more tree canopy than any […]

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Statement From the Niskíthe Prayer Camp

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LINCOLN, NE 5/9/2022 – The Niskíthe Prayer Camp has issued the following statement to update the community on where we stand. Statement: Where we stand Today we begin the second week of our peaceful occupation of the land. Niskíthe Prayer Camp started as an act of resistance in the face of erasure […]

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A Serial Environmental Violator is in Charge of Cleaning Up Mead

Multiple recent environmental disasters in Nebraska make it clear that without stronger environmental supervision and enforcement our state will continue to be a toilet for greedy businesses.

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A Nebraska Village’s Failed Government is Playing with Toxic Fire Near Lincoln

This is Alvo’s sea of tires. It is illegal. It arose over just the last few years and now threatens environmental catastrophe only ten miles as the crow flies from Lincoln. It sprang up in plain sight, in a Nebraska village on the brink of collapse, and it shows us how failures of governance in small towns can lead to significant environmental risk beyond their boundaries.

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