Students Have Rights Too

Constitutional violations in public schools across our country are far too common. Schools in America should not be constitutional dead zones - students still have their constitutional rights to free speech and privacy!

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Local Church Saved From Eviction

Back in 2001, The Church of the Awesome God moved into a location in north Lincoln. The building was being rented on the edge of an area zoned for industrial uses.

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Unlawfully Seized in Nebraska

Marco Silva is a pastor who travels around the U.S. to talk to churches and collect money for an orphanage in his home country, Peru.

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School tells deaf student he can't sign his own name

A name is an identity and an expression; it’s who we are. How would you feel if your child was not allowed to say their name at school because the administration deemed it inappropriate?

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#TDOA16: My fight for trans justice

My name is Eris Koleszar. I am a transgender woman in Nebraska. I’ve recently spoken to the Nebraska Board of Education and the Omaha Public Schools Board about needing to ensure all students in Nebraska – including transgender students – have the opportunity to learn and grow.

By Eris Koleszar

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When Love Won Across The Nation

In 2000, Nebraska added the Defense of Marriage Amendment to its state constitution, after 70 percent of voters were in favor for it. The amendment banned same-sex marriage in the state by defining a valid marriage only between a man and a woman.

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Free Speech Has No Cost

Under the First Amendment, every American has the right to hold a gathering of any kind as long as it is a peaceful assembly.

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"What we can do" from a Law Enforcement Official

Lincoln's Public Safety Director and former Cheif of Police shared some thoughts on his blog in response to the shooting in Orlando. We repost with his permission.

By Tom Casady

City of Lincoln Public Safety Director Tom Casady

Victim gets denied access to her own rape kit

Back in June of 2004, a sexual assault was reported to the Lincoln Police Department. Nearly 10 years went by with no information being shared with the alleged victim -  the case was still marked open even though charges had never been filed.

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