Introducing Grace Laflen, our people & culture specialist
The Springfield, Missouri, native and Nebraska U. alum is our go-to for staff support and culture-building.
Why we show up for president, but not for mayor
A peek at recent primary participation in Lincoln and Omaha, and a few thoughts on how to make those numbers grow.
Appreciative, detached, dissatisfied: How Gen Z views U.S. democracy
Researchers surveyed young Americans nationwide and found that Gen Z’s views on democracy fall into three distinct profiles.
What? So what? Now what?: The SAVE Act
A primer on House Resolution 22, aka the SAVE Act – one of the most restrictive federal voting bills in modern history.
Filibuster holds; LB3 is shelved
Failure to reach cloture on LB3 means the effort to impose winner-take-all is likely done for the year.
Bringing a nation to heel, one tariff at a time
The White House’s sweeping tariffs aren’t supposed to make economic sense. They’re designed to create hardship and turn it into political leverage.
Winner-take-all is on deck. It’s time to activate.
On Tuesday, April 8, lawmakers will debate and vote on LB3, which would change Nebraska’s electoral system and silence the voices of thousands of our state’s voters.
Civic Saturday returns April 26 – join us!
Civic Nebraska invites the community to its next Civic Saturday gathering at 11 am on April 26 at First-Plymouth Church.
Don’t just check the facts. Live by them.
April 2 is International Fact-Checking Day. This “holiday” started in 2017, conveniently parked on the calendar right after April Fools Day, to remind us why truth matters in the first […]
Dugout democracy
Baseball brings generations together, gives us a common language, fosters debate and disagreement, and builds the resolve to get up and come back the next day.