Walk In Yo' Trap, Take Over Yo' Trap: John Ewing Becomes Omaha's First Black Mayor Defeating Republican Incumbent

Source: Sean Pavone Omaha, Nebraska, isn't a place that one would consider to be diverse or even tolerant of Black bodies in positions of power; however, things change, and we're all served well not to forget that. According to ABC News, the treasurer of Douglas County, Nebraska, a man named John Ewing, has just become the most powerful person in the city. Ewing is now Omaha's first Black mayor, having defeated his Republican opponent, three-term incumbent Mayor Jean Stothert, in the mayoral election on Tuesday. Democrat John Ewing Jr. just fired the longest-serving GOP mayor in the . . .