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July 13:Â George Zimmerman is acquitted in the shooting and killing of Black unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, shot Martin in February 2012 after calling 911 to report a âsuspicious personâ in the neighborhood.
Black Lives Matter is started by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi. The movement is centered around protesting police brutality and other racially motivated violence against Black people.Â
Nov. 25: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosts the âNot Here, Not Now, Not Everâ event following two racist incidents on campus. On Nov. 13, an Association of the Students of the University of Nebraska senator used the N-word and made other racist comments âduring a debate over a resolution that would encourage students to not use derogatory language.â An ASUN committee voted not to remove him from the student government. The week prior to the event, the N-word was found writte
Rick Ruggles
Omaha World-Herald
Old Market shop owners look ahead to a better future after setbacks, including fire, protests and a pandemic.
Omahaâs Old Market, the downtown business area known for its old brick buildings, uneven brick streets and mishmash of shops and restaurants, looks old indeed.
Vacant bays and buildings spatter the area. Since last year, the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests and violence have taken a toll. The fire at Mâs Pub five years ago left its mark, and the downtown core faces competition from Midtown, Blackstone, Aksarben and Near North Omaha.
Gone are Old Chicago and Michaelâs restaurant, as well as Tom Mangelsenâs Images of Nature gallery and Drastic Plastic records and gifts. The Passageway, the indoor collection of shops and restaurants in the Old Market, has at least three vacant bays.
Sasse inflames GOP with anti-Trump video
If the GOP’s fervor for the former president fades to any degree, Sasse will be better positioned than anyone to capitalize.
Sen. Ben Sasse s political prospects rest on a longer view of the Republican Party and an uncertain bet that eventually it will shift away from former President Donald Trump. | Susan Walsh - Pool/Getty Images
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In the span of five minutes Thursday, Ben Sasse may have torched whatever relationship he still had with the Republican Party in his home state.
But in releasing his direct-to-camera video deriding a brand of politics animated by “the weird worship of one dude,” Sasse also seized a piece of political real estate that might yet have some value if the Nebraska senator runs for president in 2024.
Omahan Rick Galusha has been hosting âPacific Street Bluesâ as a volunteer for 30 years. Through the show, and his former job as president of Homerâs Records, he has met or talked with lots of rock and blues stars, including Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Maria Muldaur and Dr. John. We talk with him about the show and whatâs next.
Q. How did the showÂ
come about?
A. I was the president of Homerâs record store. And a new radio station had opened, the View, 105.9.
At Homerâs, we would often work with new radio stations because they were less expensive (to advertise on), we could sell them CDs to start their catalogs, and they got lots of attention.
A public hearing on extending the citywide mask mandate in the Omaha City Council Legislative Chambers on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. An Omaha City Council vote is scheduled for Oct. 6, and if passed, the mandate would be extended until Nov. 24.
Omaha City Councilman Brinker Harding has kicked off his campaign to represent west-central Omaha for a second term.
The Republican is set to face political newcomer Naomi Hattaway, a nonprofit consultant, to represent District 6, which stretches from the center of the city near 90th Street to far west Omaha, past 204th Street. Both have completed the process to petition their way onto the ballot and have filed with the Douglas County Election Commission.