We’re proud to share a recent editorial shared in the Lincoln Journal Star, by Amanda Gailey and Patricia Wonch Hill, editors at Seeing Red. Here’s my $.02 regarding their piece. Nebraskans have always believed in civic engagement. Our state legislature, the unicameral, is designed to be the most transparent and engaging political process in the country. […]
Pardon the title. As a card-carrying gay man, I’m required to quote Beyoncé lyrics several times a year, and I’m trying to meet quota. Here’s the situation. I’m gonna need you to watch this music video before you proceed to the nuts and bolts of this here blog post. We’re going full female empowerment today, so […]
Seeing Red was honored to support the Dream Gala coordinated by the UNL Chapter of Define American, an organization that fights injustice and anti-immigrant hate through the power of storytelling. The annual gala raises funds for the Hope for the Future Scholarship, which aims to provide opportunities for higher education to undocumented and DACA youth who […]
I, like many Nebraskans, read about the equine therapy massage bill sponsored by North Platte Senator Mike Groene, (pronounced “Groany”). I have nothing against animal massage. I have been practicing it illegally in my home for several decades. Equine massage therapy sounds rewarding for both animal and practitioner. What I am resentful of is the fact […]
Last Thursday, a couple hundred Lincolnites filled the Lincoln High School auditorium for a panel advertised as covering a wide range of topics related to school security, including: hiring more school resource officers or installing metal detectors; improving mental health services, threat assessment techniques and coordination among law enforcement; balancing Second Amendment rights with calls […]
Does Ricketts’s black market drug dealer carry Misoprostol? We are asking for 1 in 4 women that will need an abortion in their lifetime. When Texas defunded Planned Parenthood in 2011, teenage pregnancy went up, the self-induced abortion rate went up, and the maternal death rate doubled. Texas is now home to the highest maternal mortality rate […]
Let’s talk, you and I. We’re both listening to the same podcasts and reading the same news stories. We both want to fix the problems in DC and we’ve both called at least one of the 5 elected representatives that are supposed to advocate for Nebraskans. You know, and I know, that it was a […]
Seeing Red has discussed school privatization and the doublespeak about “choice” that shrouds its true intent and purpose previously. To put it plainly, couched in an argument of “choice” (see any irony here?) school privatization proponents argue that basically any choice a parent may have for their child’s education should be funded by taxpayer dollars […]
Early one morning last week as I was heading to work, I spotted a yard sign in my neighborhood that I could not for the life of me figure out. ANDY STEBBING FOR TREASURER it said. Was this some kind of joke? A second court just ruled there was probable cause to move forward to […]
The deadline has come and gone. If you haven’t signed up to be a candidate, you’ve missed your chance unless you are personal friends with Governor Ricketts and he needs to fill a vacancy. Looking over the list of candidates for 2018, it’s incredible. People are stepping up all over the state and saying “Oh […]
