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.From Hailey Haar's essay "Echoes of a Matriarch": Paul Haar is hit by a wave of grief while sitting in his mother’s lift chair at his Lincoln home on March 4. Her belongings spilled into his garage when he began the process of combining two households' worth of possessions into one. “Some days you’re not going to feel like you’re actually grieving anything,” Haar said. “Other days, it hits you like a tidal wave.”

Haar wins Perry Photojournalism Challenge with ‘Echoes of a Matriarch’

March 15, 2022

Society & Culture

In this photo from Luci Moran’s essay “The Nature of Motherhood,” Sam Vargas prepares lunch for her children while carrying her daughter. “After you have your baby, the hospital will give you a doctor that will tell you, ‘You can call me if you need anything at all, here’s my number,’ and that’s pretty much all you get,” Vargas said. “I remember with my second child, for a moment I felt like I needed help, but I never reached out. It felt like a phone call just wasn’t enoug

Moran wins Perry Photojournalism Challenge with ‘Nature of Motherhood’

March 17, 2021

Society & Culture

Nebraska and South Dakota researchers are collaborating to find solutions to unique challenges faced by rural Native American survivors of domestic violence.

Researchers explore solutions to domestic violence among rural Native Americans

January 4, 2021