To the editor: Measured in seconds, one trillion would compose 31,688 years. The U.S. debt now stands at nearly $38 trillion. In 2000, the U.S. debt was near $6 trillion. In other words, the U.S. debt has increased sixfold this...
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Fargo has changed dramatically in both size and population over the past 75 years.
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A New York school district’s board recently approved about $60,000 to purchase three AI products:...
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Shakespeare saw a comedy, we are seeing a tragedy of errors
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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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Trump: ‘No other president could do some of the shit I’m doing’
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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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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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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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Remember when welfare mothers picked up checks in Cadillacs?
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Why has the American dream turned into a nightmare?
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The end of the American Empire will come from a big bang or little whimper.
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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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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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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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Schools’ purpose cannot be limited to a single skill, subject or political ideology.
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If something can go terribly wrong, it will happen on planet Earth.
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Journalism is under attack. Costs are rising and local publications are folding. We desperately need you to help us preserve local journalism for the next generation.
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Author Chris M. Stoner was recently dismissed as drag show director and emcee for Dakota OutRight after over 20 years. The reason given? Their political commentary during shows.
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Columnist Jim Fuglie does a little digging and learns what they’re building around the North Dakota Governor’s Residence.
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Unsolicited advice from a former young person, just in time for graduation season.
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Sabrina Hornung ponders education droids, AI and more.
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A personal airstrip on public land? Jim Fuglie investigates.
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Federal and state public sector research institutions should develop expertise and research programs devoted to analyzing the distributional consequences and effects of agricultural research and development for varied groups of producers, says the author.
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