Could Omaha City Council Be Any More Useless?
by Mark Honey In April, city council passed an ordinance mandating inspections for rental units every 10 years. I can’t even tell you just how worthless it is. This ordinance came into the spotlight after the Yale Park apartment fiasco, in which landlord Kay Anderson was neglecting a large complex of apartments where refugees from Myanmar lived. The city declared it unlivable after an inspection, … Continue reading Could Omaha City Council Be Any More Useless?
Poems by Ben Wilson
State Flower The prison unfolds like the seams of a lily. Likewise, I see the tower, its stem erect, with so much crowded in the pregnant center, it’s flower barbed to any man who dare grasp its coiled mesh. Hungry with the faces of men, tell me when its petals rupture at the seams, and I’ll reveal the gnarled root, and red blossom bursting between … Continue reading Poems by Ben Wilson
“Strike a Match, Burn Your House Down”
Captive State (2019), dir. Rupert Wyatt By Taylor Thornburg In 2019’s Captive State, rebels lead an insurgency on Earth after an alien species invades the planet and wrests control of the human race from the world’s governments. Captive State stars the ubiquitous John Goodman playing against the protagonist Ashton Sanders, principally known for his role in 2016’s Moonlight. Rupert Wyatt directs following 2014’s The Gambler … Continue reading “Strike a Match, Burn Your House Down”
Horses in the Back: Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road signals a culture shift
By Phil Gillen When 19-year-old Atlanta rapper Lil Nas X released his country/trap hybrid “Old Town Road” in December 2018, it was at least partially tongue-in-cheek, with lines like “Cowboy hat from Gucci / Wrangler on my booty.” The song’s rise to popularity through TikTok was also driven by the humor of juxtaposing the worlds of “urban” and “country,” with TikTok users parodying country life. … Continue reading Horses in the Back: Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road signals a culture shift
Lessons From Russia
By Abigail Edith Ellery For more than two years we have witnessed an evolutionary arms race in the world of conspiracy theory. Though it had already begun well before May of 2017, this race was accelerated by Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. While Trump’s minions jumped at the chance to claim evidence for the … Continue reading Lessons From Russia
The Big Flood – disaster capitalism in the good life
Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly more intense. So is the exposure of infrastructural rot in their wake. As seen before with hurricanes Katrina and Harvey and superstorm Sandy, a path of destruction reveals the inequities a capitalistic system creates and protects; however, the latest example of climate crisis isn’t thousands of miles from home. The argument of “it’s their own fault for living in … Continue reading The Big Flood – disaster capitalism in the good life
An Uphill Battle: grad students at UNL trying to unionize
Graduate students at UNL and across the country are facing poverty-level wages at the hand’s of their universities. Mark Honey caught up with Unionize UNL member Levi about what their organization is doing to combat this issue. Mark Honey: When and why did you start this campaign? Levi: It started last spring/late winter, if not a little bit before. It came out of a couple … Continue reading An Uphill Battle: grad students at UNL trying to unionize
Queerniverse Burlesque shakes it up on stage
By Arlo Wyatt Queerniverse Burlesque is a local burlesque troupe formed in Omaha. They’re POC-centered, body positive, LGBTQIA+ inclusive, and they’re taking the local performance art scene by storm. “It became a living organism, and it’s been growing and changing, and now our focus is specifically POC, queer, trans, non-binary individuals who want to perform in different mediums – whether that’s performance art, dancing, singing, … Continue reading Queerniverse Burlesque shakes it up on stage
March Madness, For Better or for Worse
A season review with reflection, and a post-season preview for the local basketball programs. By Phil Gillen It happens every year, right after February Fever. Millions of people who paid little to no attention to college basketball for the previous four months suddenly become heavily invested, setting up bracket pools, betting untold amounts of money on game outcomes, and searching hungrily for underdog narratives and … Continue reading March Madness, For Better or for Worse
Craft beer, prison pipelines and recall elections — March legislature update
by Triumph staff. The Triumph is making public life easier and keeping tabs on the legislature so you don’t have to. Here are updates on what we’ve found most important. Recent News LB 57 – Unicameral unanimously voted in favor of Senator Adam Morfeld’s bill to allow Airbnb and other short-term rental companies into the state, preempting any city-level attempts to ban the companies. Opponents … Continue reading Craft beer, prison pipelines and recall elections — March legislature update
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