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World Marks Malcolm X’s 100th Anniversary Of His Omaha Birth On May 19

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 12:00am

A bust sculpture of Malcolm X was unveiled at his May 2024 induction into the Nebraska Hall of Fame. The art was designed by Lincoln artist Nathan Murray, who is shown here with Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz (right of the bust) and JoAnna LeFlore-Ejike, executive director of the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation. The bust’s permanent spot is in a hallway of the State Capitol with other Hall of Fame busts.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — State Sen. Terrell McKinney recalls Nebraska’s rockier relationship with Malcolm X, the rather rough road to getting the Omaha-born human rights leader into the state’s Hall of Fame.

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Finite Moments to Spend

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 12:00am

“Ask yourself at every moment: ‘Is this necessary?’ ”

Marcus Aurelius’s wisdom thankfully carries through the ages of the Earth to urge us to attention: U.S. citizens have been deported to countries where, upon landing, they no longer have rights. Not just ‘undocumented immigrants’ or ‘illegals,’ but those very people who our constitution should explicitly protect.

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Aid Workers Feel Helpless As Israel's Blockade Pushes Gaza Towards Famine

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 12:00am

A boy scrapes leftovers from an empty pot after all the meals were distributed at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
(Abdel Kareem Hana / AP Photo)

BEIRUT (AP) — Two cases pushed nutritionist Rana Soboh to wits' end. First, a woman was rushed to a Gaza emergency room after fainting while she breastfed her newborn. She told Soboh she hadn’t eaten in days.

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House Panel Advances Measure To Cut Off Planned Parenthood From Medicaid Funds

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 12:00am

Andi Grubb, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Nebraska, speaks during the Protect Our Rights Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative launch, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Omaha, Neb.
(Nikos Frazier / Omaha World-Herald via AP)

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New Zealand's Unofficial Fruit Is The Feijoa, Not The Kiwi. And Part Of The Fun Is In Giving It Away

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Feijoas is seen outside a house in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, May 12, 2025.
(Charlotte Graham-McLay / AP Photo)

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The unofficial national fruit of New Zealand isn’t native to the country – it’s South American. It isn’t exclusively found in New Zealand. And it’s not, perhaps surprisingly, the kiwi. It’s the feijoa.

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From The Moment He Steps Onto The Balcony, Each Pope Signals His Style Of Leadership – Here’s How Pope Leo XIV’s Appearance Compares With Pope Francis’ First

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 12:00am

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Thursday, May 8, 2025.
(Domenico Stinellis / AP Photo)

As crowds celebrated in St. Peter’s Square, a man in white and red stepped onto the balcony of the basilica, prompting cheers from the plaza.

It was American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost: Pope Leo XIV, as he will now be known. On May 8, 2025 – the second day of the conclave following Pope Francis’ death – the College of Cardinals selected him to lead the Catholic Church.

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Nebraskans Throw Tons Of Glass Into Landfills Each Year. Some Are Trying To Change That.

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The glass, ground up in a sand-like texture, can be mixed with asphalt and concrete for road construction, according to Nathan Lund with the city.
(Abiola Kosoko / Flatwater Free Press)

Roaming around his family farm near Nebraska City, Daryl Steinman discovered old bottles and jars in piles of charred debris. Brown, green, clear, some embossed with makers’ marks harkening back to before he was born in 1965.

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A Thucydidean Trap

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 12:00am

Does anyone else think America is going to war in a few years, or is it just the U.S. military that believes that? I don’t mean it in a gung-ho marine “oorah," military-readiness way in which America’s armies say they should always be prepared. Oh no, this is because the budget put forth by President Trump and Pete Hesgeth is the most colossal in U.S. history.

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As Trump Slashes AmeriCorps, States Lose A Federal Partner In Community Service

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AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith.
(Kevin Wolf / AP Images for Boys & Girls Clubs of America)

WASHINGTON — Hillary Kane learned on a Saturday morning in April that within days, she would lose AmeriCorps funding for two programs that match mentors with West Philadelphia high schoolers and first-generation college students — both vulnerable groups at risk of not completing diplomas and degrees.

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Daughter Says Mom 'Gave Me Life Twice' With Kidney Donation As Pair Graduate Nursing School Together

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Nearly two years after the successful transplant, the Louisiana mother and daughter shared another journey. Donning white caps and gowns, they walked across the stage together in Baton Rouge and graduated from nursing school.