Nebraskans for Peace Updates

by Paul A. Olson “[W]e will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” — Martin Luther King The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Up to World War II: To begin with our search for peace, nineteenth century Nebraska had significant settlements of Quakers, Mennonites, and the various Brethren churches whose whole tradition was that of a culture of peace. The 1890s-1900s Populist Party, which elected a number of officials

What's HOT in Global Warming Series by Professor Bruce E. Johansen Artificial Intelligence (A-I), through stocks such has Nvidia has become the hottest ticket to heaven, when it’s not the road to hell in the S&P 500. What other stock could lose $600 billion worth of paper value in one day, and then make it back? At a White House dinner in September, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg said that Meta would spend $600 billion on data centers and related infrastructure. Either way, at the ra

Roots of Justice: A History of Race and Racism in Nebraska Excerpt from A History of Native People in Nebraska, Part I, by Gabriel Bruguier From 1990 to 2003, my father, [Leonard Bruguier], was the Director of the Institute of American Indian Studies at the University of South Dakota (USD). His journey there had taken him from the village of Greenwood on the Yankton Sioux Reservation, to the city of Yankton, South Dakota, where he excelled academically and athletically in hig

Because the System Isn't Broken Series by Schmeeka Simpson When I say OG, I mean Original Gangsters—the ones who laid the blueprint, not the ones who inherited it. And when I say Robber Baron, I’m not talking about Rockefeller or Carnegie or J.P. Morgan. I’m talking about the Founding Fathers. A Robber Baron is someone who builds wealth by exploiting land, labor, and law while writing rules to protect their dominance. Before Rockefeller, Carnegie, or J.P. Morgan, there were:

“Roots of Justice, A History of Race and Racism in Nebraska,” which tells stories of Nebraskans that have not always been told, is now available for free as an online book at UNL Digital Commons. On-demand print copies can be ordered for a fee. This project tells a shared history of the state in focusing on NativeAmericans, Latinos, African Americans, Asian Nebraskans, and refugees who arrived after the Vietnam War. “These fact-based accounts are the work of nearly five years

The Omaha World Herald printed their OpEd with basic factual errors but declined to print the following Letter to the Editor, by NFP Board Member Ryan Wishart, pointing them out.

History Won’t Judge.  Nature Will. By Bruce E. Johansen We seem to have reached that point in humankind’s husbandry of the Earth when...

Like most people born and raised in Nebraska, I grew up knowing Warren Buffett as the “Oracle of Omaha.” A widely-successful investor, businessman, and engaging CEO to a massive corporation. Given his reputation, I was excited to have the opportunity to attend my first Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting this year.

Since the election of the current regime our false peace here in the United States has been disrupted by protests, civil unrest and musical festivals (code for protests), not only in our state, and across the country but across the world. The media has been largely quiet on these protests due to censorship and propaganda being at an all-timehigh so you may not know that a Music Festival has been running daily in Los Angelos, ALL DAY, 24 hrs a day birthed from the June 6th I

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This article is the second in a series exploring the death penalty, following up on our previous overview of its status both nationally...

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We all witnessed the troubling direction the Trump Administration has taken—