Trickle down poverty
Republicans who've shuddered at the notion of raising taxes on the super rich and cried foul with accusations of ‘class warfare' have ignored the steady disintegration of the American middle class and the ever-increasing divide between rich and poor.
Point Blank
Just before Easter, an oil pipeline owned by Exxon-Mobil burst under the town of Mayflower, Ark., sending 5,000 barrels of oil spilling into the streets. The source of the leak has since been reported as a gash 20 feet long and two inches wide. This is only the most recent in a growing list of disastrous oil spills we've had to deal with in America in recent years.
Gender in the workplace: Why are we still even having this conversation?
By Kamrin Baker
ONLINE REPORTER
Socially, we call it many different things: Sexual harassment, workplace harassment, a hostile work environment, a boss that’s a jerk. Or...
A letter to my freshman self
Kamrin Baker
Digital Editor
Hi baby Kam,
By now, you’ve realized that the minute you’ve enrolled as a Maverick at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, every...
Standing Rock protests continue nationwide
Treyten Ozuna
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Corps of Engineers has approved a 1,172 mile long oil pipeline known as the Dakota Access that runs within a half...
