A woman for all seasons
The Gadfly honors two extraordinary women: Dolly Parton and The Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde.
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Opinion
Let them all eat lunch
Because school is compulsory, shouldn’t school meals be too? Universal meals are the most efficient and equitable solution to food insecurity.
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Vote yes for Fargo Public Schools on November 3
Strong schools are part of the infrastructure of a strong city.
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New mansions with old trees
Mansions, superyahchts and…trees? American billionaires show off a new status symbol.
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Policies on ALPRs based on questionable premise
Our local cities’ ALPR policies are disregarding our privacy rights to justify watching everyone, regardless of suspicion.
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Are bears held more accountable than frat boys?
The main difference I see between man and bear is that the bear may experience a direct set of consequences for his actions.
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Vote yes for wards October 6, 2026
Fargo has changed dramatically in both size and population over the past 75 years.
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AI in the classroom: finding the best path forward
A New York school district’s board recently approved about $60,000 to purchase three AI products:...
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Roberts destroys laws
Roberts evidently has never read English poet John Donne’s line “No man is an island” on planet Earth — not even Trump, who thinks he was appointed by God to rule.
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Nothing is well in Trumpistan
Shakespeare saw a comedy. We are seeing a tragedy of errors.
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We got what we didn’t vote for
Sabrina Hornung on single-polling-place counties, rural voter access and why “you got what you voted for” misses the point.
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Castrating Congress and carving the Constitution
Trump: ‘No other president could do some of the sh*t I’m doing’
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Good news for the badlands
The Short Ranch is on the National Register of Historic Places — and with it, the twenty-year fight over a bridge across the Little Missouri may finally be over.
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For every student, a laptop
A century of classroom technology, each wave promising to transform learning. Motion pictures, radio, television, Chromebooks — and what the evidence actually shows.
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Let one ad hoc climate action group inspire others to local action
A $2 million grant, an organic composting facility, and proof that a small group of dedicated people can still move a county.
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Escalading to disaster
Remember when welfare mothers picked up checks in Cadillacs?
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Mr. Nevure Enuff is billionaire capitalist
Why has the American dream turned into a nightmare?
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Will Trumpistan grow bananas?
The end of the American Empire will come from a big bang or little whimper.
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Fragging Democracy
Hegseth and Trump are the two leaders now throwing political grenades and fragging the democracy of the Divided States of America.
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The next phase of High Plains Reader
We’re gearing up for the next 30 years. The Little Newspaper That Could is entering a new era, thanks to you.
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One percent equals 3.4 million trans people
Surveys indicate that about ten percent of the world’s population are members of the LGBTQIA+ community, with one percent being transgender people.
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So, why school?
Schools’ purpose cannot be limited to a single skill, subject or political ideology.
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Human artificial intelligence
If something can go terribly wrong, it will happen on planet Earth.
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