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I Spent A Decade Helping Afghan Girls Make Educational Progress − And Now The Taliban Are Using These 3 Reasons To Keep Them Out Of School

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/17/2024 - 12:04am

Before the collapse of the Afghan government in August 2021, girls’ access to education was steadily improving.

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Teaching Refugee Women To Drive Goes Farther Than Their Destination

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/17/2024 - 12:03am

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — In a large, empty parking lot outside Atlanta, one car slowly careened around parking spaces. From the passenger seat, driving instructor Nancy Gobran peered over large sunglasses at her student, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee woman who was driving for one of the first times in her life.

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Rural Counties Increasingly Rely On Prisons To Provide Firefighters And EMTs Who Work For Free, But The Inmates Have Little Protection Or Future Job Prospects

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/17/2024 - 12:02am

If you call 911 in rural Georgia, the nearest emergency responders might come from the local prison.

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World Donors Pledge $2.1 Billion In Aid For War-Stricken Sudan To Ward Off Famine

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/17/2024 - 12:01am

Sudanese Children suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Many people here fled the fighting in Sudan's vast western region of Darfur, where attacks by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces on ethnic African civilians have revived memories of genocide. The United Nations says close to 9 million people have fled their homes.
(Patricia Simon / AP Photo)

PARIS (AP) — World donors pledged more than $2.1 billion in humanitarian aid for Sudan after a yearlong war that has pushed its population to the brink of famine, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday.

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From Red Cloud To Fremont, Seven NE Towns Share $4m In Awards To Perk Up Community Appeal

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/10/2024 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Seven Nebraska cities will share $4 million in state grants to help develop recreation and civic improvement projects in their communities.

Selected and announced by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, the recipients’ awards come from the state Civic and Community Center Financing Fund, which was created from a turnback of 30% of state sales tax generated by arenas and nearby retailers.

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‘They Had Lost Everything’: Nebraska Museum Tells Stories Of Japanese-Americans During Dark Chapter

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/10/2024 - 12:05am

This four-generation photo of Sharon Bartlett’s maternal family was taken in February 1981. She’s at right with her son Morton. Her mother Annie Takamatsu Hagihara (center) and grandmother Takino Takamatsu, were incarcerated at Colorado’s Amache Relocation Center during World War II.
(Photo courtesy of Sharon Bartlett)

GERING – Chadron rancher Sharon Hagihara Bartlett walked the nearly empty, grass-covered grounds of the Amache National Historic Site in southeast Colorado and thought about her mother, her aunt, her grandmother.

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Kimberly Palmer: What College Students Need To Know About Payment Apps

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/10/2024 - 12:04am

For college students, sending money to friends has never been easier thanks to peer-to-peer payment apps like Venmo, PayPal and Cash App. But that convenience poses risks, including vulnerability to errors, fraud and the tendency to overspend.

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Who Are Today’s Climate Activists? Dispelling 3 Big Myths For Earth Month

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Supporters hold caricatures of U.S. presidents at a rally for a group of young people who filed a lawsuit saying U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future. The group faces a major hurdle Tuesday as lawyers for the Trump administration argue to stop the case from moving forward. in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, June 4, 2019.
(Steve Dipaola / AP Photo)

As Earth Month 2024 gets underway, climate activists around the world are planning rallies and other events over the coming weeks to draw attention to the growing threats posed by climate change.

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Lawmakers Want To Ease Nebraska’s Child Care Crisis. Will It Be Enough?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/03/2024 - 12:05am

The Dimensions Education Programs child care center at First-Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, which has operated for 55 years, will close this spring. Some teachers and children will be able to move to a second program location.
(Photo courtesy of Dimensions Education Programs)

A single email sent in early March disrupted the lives of 116 Lincoln-area families. The Dimensions child care center at First-Plymouth Church will close for good on May 23, the email said.

The initial response to that announcement: panic. Parents scrambled for alternative care. The center’s 27 teachers feared for their jobs.

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Smart — With A Healthy Dose Of Compassion, Kindness

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/03/2024 - 12:04am

Props to the Nebraska Legislature and State Sens. Tom Brewer and Justin Wayne for recognizing that sometimes the crime needs less punishment and more solutions … with a dose of compassion and simple kindness thrown in.

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I Spent A Decade Helping Afghan Girls Make Educational Progress − And Now The Taliban Are Using These 3 Reasons To Keep Them Out Of School

Teaching Refugee Women To Drive Goes Farther Than Their Destination

Rural Counties Increasingly Rely On Prisons To Provide Firefighters And EMTs Who Work For Free, But The Inmates Have Little Protection Or Future Job Prospects

World Donors Pledge $2.1 Billion In Aid For War-Stricken Sudan To Ward Off Famine

From Red Cloud To Fremont, Seven NE Towns Share $4m In Awards To Perk Up Community Appeal

‘They Had Lost Everything’: Nebraska Museum Tells Stories Of Japanese-Americans During Dark Chapter

Kimberly Palmer: What College Students Need To Know About Payment Apps

Who Are Today’s Climate Activists? Dispelling 3 Big Myths For Earth Month

Lawmakers Want To Ease Nebraska’s Child Care Crisis. Will It Be Enough?

Smart — With A Healthy Dose Of Compassion, Kindness

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