Flatwater Free PressFor decades, traditional media has overlooked, well, a lot of people. We set out to do the opposite. One fourth of our stories should focus on black people, brown people, immigrants and our native communities.
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WALTHILL-The children of the Omaha Reservation begin descending on the town park in late afternoon. They arrive unannounced in twos and threes on a recent Monday, cluster in…
It is no small task to preserve a people’s legacy. It involves collecting even the smallest personal stories – a grandfather and his neighbors digging out a basement…
Earnest Jackson is innocent and should be released from prison, say two family members of the man he’s convicted of murdering. Their public support of Jackson is the…
On the west coast of Africa near the Gulf of Guinea, Nebraska State Sen. Terrell McKinney felt something that he says he rarely feels in the United States.…
It’s the middle of summer break, but Precious McKesson sees only a handful of kids riding bikes near her home. “If they don’t have to be outside, they’re…
Private equity-backed companies are gobbling up vast swaths of residential property across the country, including in Omaha. They are buying up hundreds of thousands of homes every few…
WINNEBAGO – What started as a seemingly routine tribal council vote sparked serious controversy on the Winnebago Reservation in northeast Nebraska this spring. That vote – which appeared…
NEBRASKA CITY – For his final prom before graduation, Seth Kadlec has pulled out all the stops. His tuxedo coat has tails. His vest and bow-tie shimmer in…
Owning a home is one of the best ways for North Omahans to build generational wealth, said an Omaha real estate agent at a wide-ranging housing town hall…
What happened: Over the past 30 months, the number one buyer of single-family homes in Douglas County has been Vinebrook Homes, which lists a Dayton, Ohio address. The…