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Photo via Flickr. The debate surrounding the second amendment and concealed carry has been heating up with the rise of mass shootings and gun related deaths. Nebraska lawmakers have designated Nebraska as a “Second Amendment sanctuary state,” which reaffirms the state’s support for the right to bear arms. This could mean the state is headed towards more relaxed concealed carry laws, legislation that might do more harm than good.

Expanding concealed carries won’t guarantee safety

Tenley Wright, Chief Photographer
April 29, 2021
A food desert tracking map by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows food deserts in the Omaha area. In accord with the national trend, many of them overlap areas with high concentrations of poverty.

The classist politics of food insecurity

Morgan Weir, Opinions Editor
April 26, 2021
Police brutality has been a popular topic over the past year. With more and more stories coming out about the violence minority groups face from the police, people have taken a stand against the system. Minority groups are effected at a disproportional rate which has been more widely publicized following the murder of George Floyd.

Holding everyone accountable

Kaden Roth, Staff Reporter
April 23, 2021
Quarterbacks Mike White (7) and Dak Prescott (4) hone in on their skills during a training camp in 2018. Prescott would go on to have a gruesome, season ending injury in 2020. After accepting a record breaking offer from Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys, Prescott hopes to set the league on fire and be the next Comeback Player Of The Year. Photo by Creative Commons.

The turf or the chair

Logan Moseley, Staff Reporter
April 22, 2021
Concealed carriers have prevented many deaths throughout the nation. Giving them a bigger radius, would affect the populations safety greatly.

Expanding concealed carries

Garrett Wilcoxen, Staff Reporter
April 22, 2021
Omaha police fire pepper balls at protestors at a Black Lives Matter protest over the summer of 2020.

Omaha’s long history of police brutality

Morgan Weir, Opinions Editor
April 20, 2021
The main hall of the Durham Museum, usually filled with visitors, is empty over a year into the pandemic.

Museums matter

Morgan Weir, Opinions Editor
April 16, 2021
As a way to spread awareness and support of their cause, groups in support of AAPI spread infographics, statistics, and resources. People share these on social media and educate others.

Stop the hate

Brenna Batchelder, Staff Reporter
April 16, 2021
High school baseball could be a whole new experience for players and teams without the mercy rule. It would allow schools to attain more records, and give teams down by a big deficit the chance to make a comeback.

No mercy

Garrett Wilcoxen, Staff Reporter
April 15, 2021
Over the course of the past two months, Nebraska governor Pete Ricketts has engaged in opposition politics with Democrats. Rather than pursuing his own policies, he acts out of blind opposition to ideas others push forward.

The lazy game of opposition politics

Edison Geiler, MWHS Wildcat News Editor-in-Chief
April 15, 2021
Hollywood is long overdue for more inclusivity and authenticity in producing films with disabled actors.

Cinema’s systemic ableism

Emma Baker, Catalyst Editor-in-Chief
April 1, 2021
In what is now an infamous moment in NFL lore, Browns end Myles Garrett (95) took the helmet off of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph (2), and swung it at his head, resulting in a direct blow. Garrett was suspended indefinitely, and many other suspensions were issued. Photo by Creative Commons.

The need to raise player safety

Logan Moseley, Staff Reporter
April 1, 2021
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