Local Voices

Public Health in Nebraska Well Worth Investment

Published by admin on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 12:00am

“An ounce of prevention is worth (more than) a pound of cure.” This ancient adage greatly understates the present reality when it comes to community health. The real work of achieving a healthier community must be done while people are still healthy – through prevention and promotion of good health practices.

To use an increasingly common term, this needed public health work must start “upstream.”

Internships Are an Invitation Home

Published by admin on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 12:00am

On July 2, 2019, I started a new journal entry:

“Today was the first day I realized I want to return. I attended a Nebraska City Community Foundation Fund meeting and, as I heard them discuss their ideas for the community, I realized this was something I don’t want to leave behind. I want to be part of helping increase community vitality. I found myself trying to figure out how I could make my future career work while living in this small Nebraska town... This place has something special and I can’t just leave it yet.”

To Sound Out Real Change, Get Uncomfortable

Published by admin on Fri, 08/23/2019 - 12:00am

Her name was Liza. She was 8 years old and a second grader at Burton Elementary on the south side of Grand Rapids. We met on Thursdays at 1 in an unused classroom that smelled, as schools often do, of rubber erasers and citrus floor polish. I was in college, her reading tutor, and coaching her through vowel teams and diphthongs.

Fake News: Much Ado About Nothing and a Problem for Democracy

Published by admin on Wed, 08/21/2019 - 12:00am

Careful what you believe! It could be fake news. And it could be threatening our democracy.

Navigating Nebraska’s Future: Grit, Tenacity and Imagination

Published by admin on Tue, 08/13/2019 - 12:00am

Last December, the New York Times wrote rural America’s obituary. Citing three decades of population growth in tech hubs like Boston and Silicon Valley, the message was clear: As middle America dies, the coasts’ high-skilled, high-wage workers will feed off their own success while the rest of us dwindle into nothingness.  

The Need for (and Eternal Challenge of) a Balance of Powers

Published by admin on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

Benevolent despotism. These days, when Congress is firmly divided by ideology and even our beloved nonpartisan unicameral has some trouble doing its chores, one can understand the appeal.

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