Jan 03, 2019 10:24AM ● By Doug Meigs
Houston Alexander knew that his first-born child would be a fighter from the moment he laid eyes on her. Elan, his daughter, was born with k...
Dec 27, 2018 01:47PM ● By Patrick Mainelli
As it was in the days of the unbound prairie, so it remains in the age of endless corn: the pleasures of place are given to those with a kee...
Dec 21, 2018 01:31PM ● By Leo Adam Biga
Injuries are a part of sports, but Creighton University point guard Jade Owens has weathered more than her fair share. After two years spent...
Dec 21, 2018 01:11PM ● By Linda Persigehl
Sex videos are popular on the internet. Even academic ones. Just ask Dr. Sofia Jawed-Wessel, an associate professor at the University of Neb...
Dec 21, 2018 12:55PM ● By Lindsay Wilson
Sitting down for a tarot reading across from Shaun Laveau, the 21-year-old spiritual worker conveys the presence of someone more ancient. A...
Dec 21, 2018 10:15AM ● By Doug Meigs
The morning of the funeral, I woke early to write my identical twin brother’s eulogy. It began: “On the cover of a notebook, Connor spelled ...
Dec 20, 2018 03:20PM ● By Kim Reiner
On a cold night in November, musicians in a new orchestra gather in a classroom at the Strauss Performing Arts Center. They are rehearsing t...
Dec 19, 2018 01:55PM ● By Greg Jerrett
Local rapper Brenton Gomez—aka Conny Franko, Conchance, The Wooz, Daddy Woozbuckz, Conny Chrondracula, Chronny, or Econnyome depending on ti...
Dec 19, 2018 01:47PM ● By Lisa Lukecart
Dr. Lydia Kang glanced at her ringing phone. It was her literary agent (who typically emailed). The unexpected phone call delivered some sho...
Dec 19, 2018 01:35PM ● By Kamrin Baker
Chikadibia Ebirim greets me with a hug in the lobby of the Union for Contemporary Art. “Peace to you, queen,” he says, and we travel into hi...
Nov 21, 2018 01:50PM ● By Keith Backsen
Omaha has a long history of welcoming visitors during the holidays. In the 1930s Omaha’s Union station was considered one of the busiest tra...
Nov 16, 2018 12:41PM ● By Beverly Kracher
Brett Kavanaugh is a supreme court judge. There were so many dimensions to this situation. Emotions ran high. I put politics aside because I...
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