C.S. Hagen

Power, poison, and pot

CANNONBALL, ND – A week before the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy began creating headlines around the world, 40,000 pounds of poison were spread across open fields, primarily on the Standing Rock Reservation. Instead of...

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​‘They drink your milkshake’

When Lloyd Ness’s cousin knocked on his front door, he didn’t need much sweet talk to sign an oil lease on family land. Lloyd Ness and his wife, Mary, read Samson Resources’ contractual fine print, received an attorney’s stamp,...

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​Voting methods: butter knife or scalpel

FARGO – Seven coworkers want different pizzas for lunch; three want cheeseburgers. Under the current voting system, burgers win.Seem fair? Not exactly, said Jed Limke, the man who began the Approval Voting Army. On Monday, City...

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