My mom and I walked out the front door and down the street to our small-town city hall where our designated polling site is. It was a short walk, just up one block, and as we approached, we could tell...

In 1984, Jesse Jackson, an African American, ran for President of the United States. In 2008, Barack Obama finished what Jackson started. UNL alumnus Preston Love, Jr. called these two men the “bookends...