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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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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 shit 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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Our content is our legacy: The little newspaper that could persists
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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The long shadow of the ‘Get Along Gays’
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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Keeping the governor safe
Columnist Jim Fuglie does a little digging and learns what they’re building around the North Dakota Governor’s Residence.
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Hats off to the class of 2026: unsolicited advice from a former young person
Unsolicited advice from a former young person, just in time for graduation season.
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Did we just hit our ‘Twilight Zone’ era?
Sabrina Hornung ponders education droids, AI and more.
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Another bad idea for the badlands
A personal airstrip on public land? Jim Fuglie investigates.
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Federal funding for Grand Farms raises questions about public/private research
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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Gazongas for me, but not for thee
Bryon Noem deserves to feel shame — but not for his bimbofication fetish, says Chris M Stoner.
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