Cindy Gonzalez

1 week ago | omahadailyrecord.com | Cindy Gonzalez

OMAHA — Dozens packed a popular plaza on South Omaha’s Latino-dominated commercial corridor Thursday afternoon, carrying immigrant-friendly signs and waving bumper stickers that read: Who would Jesus deport? “Stand in Solidarity” rallygoers heard from allies at the top of 10 organizations such as the Nebraska AFL-CIO labor union, Nebraska Farmers Union and Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. All touted a message that immigrants and refugees were good for the state’s economy, workforce and growth.

2 weeks ago | omahadailyrecord.com | Cindy Gonzalez

Nebraska First In Nation To Ban Soda, Energy Drinks From Public Grocery Aid Benefits Producers across the state were invited to a roundtable discussion in Valparaiso with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. (Courtesy of Gov. Jim Pillen’s Office)LINCOLN — Nebraska has become the first state in the nation to restrict low-income recipients of public grocery aid from using SNAP benefits to buy soda and energy drinks.

2 weeks ago | omahadailyrecord.com | Cindy Gonzalez

OMAHA — State Sen. Terrell McKinney recalls Nebraska’s rockier relationship with Malcolm X, the rather rough road to getting the Omaha-born human rights leader into the state’s Hall of Fame. John Ewing Jr., who last week became Omaha’s first elected Black mayor, was a toddler when Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965, and what sticks with him is how Nebraskans early on used him largely as a comparison point with the Rev.

3 weeks ago | hastingstribune.com | Cindy Gonzalez

By Cindy Gonzalez From Left to right, students Kameron Lloyd, Gabriela Moran-Zinzun, Andrea Chaparro and teacher Nick Clawson at Bryan High School. The teens are part of the MLK Living the Dream Team, which followed up an April meeting with the seven-member Nebraska Supreme Court, on the Bears' home turf, with a letter seeking to settle unease they felt. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)

3 weeks ago | news-journal.com | Cindy Gonzalez

From Left to right, students Kameron Lloyd, Gabriela Moran-Zinzun, Andrea Chaparro and teacher Nick Clawson at Bryan High School. The teens are part of the MLK Living the Dream Team, which followed up an April meeting with the seven-member Nebraska Supreme Court, on the Bears' home turf, with a letter seeking to settle unease they felt. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)OMAHA — The group of Bryan High Bears left the auditorium feeling honored.