Seeing Red: Nebraska Politics From the Left

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E54: Courtney Pentland joins the pod to talk about The Nebraska Department of Education’s draft of new regulations which would *nearly eliminate* all requirements for a trained librarian in schools. Students and schools need you to voice your opinion before June 1, 2021 to save school libraries. These links have more info: Seeing Red Overview of the issue https://seeingrednebraska.com/education/sa...

Episode 53 - Join SeeingRed as we laugh about finally seeing vaccinated friends in person and welcome Seeing Red contributor, Amanda Gailey , to the pod. Most recently she has done some citizen journalism investigating a dangerous tire pile site in Alvo, NE. https://seeingrednebraska.com/environment/a-nebraska-villages-failed-government-is-playing-with-toxic-fire-near-lincoln/ Amanda is reading “M...

E52 - John Cartier Talks About Drug Reform We've got John Cartier, an attorney who specializes in constitutional law and a graduate of University of Nebraska Law. He's worked on numerous campaigns, including his own for Lincoln Public Schools board of education. His advocacy passions are voting rights where he serves as a director at Civic Nebraska and drug law reform, most recently with Nebraskan...

E51 - Feminism, Books, and Politics Here are the articles to inspire your own chats with friends. Omaha Police Union President promises violence against residents if funding is cut: https://omaha.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/omaha-police-union-president-cutting-budgets-could-lead-to-more-police-shootings-nationally/article_87d76552-a2fe-11eb-899d-577855e64310.html Maslow got it wrong: https://g...

E50- Party Time for Episode 50! We’ve laughed, we’ve cried and you’ve been right along with us. Let’s keep going talking about Nebraska, what’s wrong, and how we keep going.

Despite the governor’s best efforts to stop the federal vaccine goals of a shot in every arm as fast as possible, all the pod ladies have gotten their first dose (And April is actually done!) Using the power of the federal vaccine program that eliminates barriers, everyone is now able to schedule their shot. Note - we’re hearing people are acting like real assholes to pharmacists. Just don’t! Sche...

E48- Give us More Journalists and Melt the Guns! In an era of corporate corruption, blurred lines between policy makers and industry, and a drought of dollars to pay reporters, it’s never been more important to protect student journalists and their right to an education. With their teachers, they must follow the truth, have integrity, and learn how to craft what they see in the world into the writ...

April and Melody talk about the wonderful world of vaccines and one more reason to despise the governor. Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod Guests: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Peyton Zyla, known as Mr Zeyela on social media, was born and raised in Omaha. Last summer he became a founding organizer with ProBLAC, launched as an independent journalist, and is now political organizer. Most recently, he was named as one of the people surveilled by the Omaha Police Department in response to the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020. Listen to his story and support...

Hear from Amanda Gailey as she recalls the beginning of the SeeingRedNebraska media empire and why we started doing what we do, and why it matters. Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod Guests: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Eric’s career has been dedicated to protection and conservation of natural resources, Since his days of being in the environmental club in high school to his recent work on ensuring affordable and accessible power for everyone he’s been climate conscious and action focused. We’re thrilled to talk to him about how public power works in Nebraska, why it’s important, and reiterate that science is tru...

E43- School vouchers hurt public schools with Laura Fisher Educator Laura Fisher joins the pod to share a cautionary tale of what happens when school funding is cut by schemes like school voucher programs like Linehan’s LB364. Laura witnessed the devastating effects of school funding cuts in Kansas and she wants to warn everyone what it could mean for Nebraskans if this passes. Show notes mention:...

E42- Cassey Lottman and the Prison Crisis Cassey Lottman joins the pod to discuss her civic engagement journey from using a broad lens and filtering down to her very neighborhood. Her recent efforts have been coalition building to stop the new prison from being built while simultaneously pushing for reform to stop the overcrowding. We learned A LOT from Cassey and we’re sure you will too! Buy grea...

E41- Thank You Pipeline Fighters #NOKXL is a Nebraska win that the entire world can celebrate with us. It protects the earth, Native Sovereignty, property rights, and the future we all want. It’s so easy to get down in the dumps so join us as we talk through how incredible Nebraskans of all types came together and defeated an international oil company. Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and...

E40- Monika Gross and Child Welfare in Nebraska Trying to understand the relationship between the state, agencies, children and their families feels impossible. That’s why we brought in Nebraska native, UNL graduate, and the executive director of the Foster Care Review Board, Monika Gross. She walks us through the timeline of when Nebraska outsourced case management to agencies in 2009, through ou...

E39- The Good and the Ugly: Bills in the Legislature It’s Nebraska and we know we have a lot of stop in the way of bad policy designed to enrich the rich, increase poverty, and tear away the social safety net. However, we’ve elected some progressive senators and now we have a lot to fight FOR and SUPPORT. Step 1: Find Your Senator https://nebraskalegislature.gov/ -->enter your address at “find you...

Weeeeee’re baaaaaaaaack! Join April, Melody, and Stephanie as they remind you that we have a neo-nazi problem right here in Nebraska and it existed well before Trump. Then, on to shop talk about the new session of the Nebraska legislature. Melody gives an overview on how the whole thing works and they highlight a few bills they are already watching. Support the work of SeeingRedNebraska here: http...

E37- Look back at 2020 with Amanda Gailey Amanda comes back to the pod to look back at 2020 with April, Melody and Stephanie. As we move into the future, we’re wishing all of you a healthy and joyful season of lights. Happy Solstice and all the other wonderful holidays people celebrate this time of year. Support the work of SeeingRedNebraska here: http://seeingrednebraska.com/fight-back/ Social Me...

Melody switches from interviewer to interviewee, in order to tell us about the new report on firearms in Nebraska, from her organization, Nebraskans Against Gun Violence. Suicides, racial disparity, child deaths, gun theft and missing domestic violence data emerged as key takeaways. Access the report and charts here: Support the work of SeeingRedNebraska here: http://seeingrednebraska.com/fight-ba...

After letting the governor know how inappropriate it is to sit in a bar without a mask in a week where Nebraska breaks 1,000 covid deaths, Bear comes to the pod to talk about who he is, what he’s about, and how everyone can find their space in the work. Support the work of SeeingRedNebraska here: http://seeingrednebraska.com/fight-back/ Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne...