‘Mockery of Indigenous peoples’ pain’
Injustice is an unsettling yet common reality for the families of Indigenous women who’ve gone missing. Those who’ve been found and brought home are…
Read NowOpinion · 2018
Are Our Ponies Blind?
Is Life Just Keeping House On The Deck Of The Titanic? As a lifetime reader of thousands of books and a collector of thousands,…
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An open thank you note to Senator Heitkamp
A true pioneer
Read NowSeeking out regional art opportunities
Small but mighty
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Which Way will The PSC Go On The Refinery?
There are two ways to look at the recommendation of Administrative Law Judge Patrick Ward that the North Dakota Public Service Commission dismiss the…
Read NowFree Speech Is Very Expensive
The modern KKK and Kochkopus are choking American democracy Kavanaugh lost his Kool and Kracked under pressure. I can spell. His rant before the…
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Corporations capitalizing on a cause
‘Woke dollars spend the same”
Read NowAmazon’s Bezos Ain’t Hamlet
To pee or not to pee—that is a question a worker needs to answer The fact that the richest man in the world is…
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Sad statistics and hard truths: One word is not sufficient
It’s bad enough when his word versus her word regarding sexual assault gets out in a high school hallway, but can you imagine it…
Read NowAngry black cattle on the white ranch
We failed to educate the players of “flag” footballI passed all of the American history courses in Morrison County District 54, Little Falls High…
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Wisdom from a forgotten flagpole
Photo by Sabrina Hornung I had a little bit of gravel-road therapy this weekend, found myself cruising rural Burleigh County and made a pit…
Read NowA Flock of Precariats
The dilemma of spenders and producersThe Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Vanderbilts all killed workers who protested their wages and working conditions. They gained so much…
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Our Opinion: Whew! We made it this far, but we had a lot of help!
The Reader celebrates its 24th anniversary
Read NowA World of “Fake” Men
Let’s start with a riddleA car containing a father and his teenage son failed to make a curve and hit a tree. The father…
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The Cultural Cringe has come to North Dakota
by Andrew Alexis [email protected] “If a piece of equipment purchased in the 1920s is kept up and can guarantee, at present, an operable rate…
Read NowListen up son you might learn something
Stop look and listen
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Scenic River Commission Turns Out to Be A Rubber Stamp For Industry
In the halcyon days of the 1970s in North Dakota, when the state was a quieter, kinder, friendlier, more thoughtful place, the Legislature passed…
Read NowWhat Is Democratic Socialism?
Just How Long Will Our Democracy Last?A truth hit me the other night while Corky and I were watching Simone Biles defend her national…
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Farewell statement from Senator John McCain
by Senator John McCain – from Facebook page “My fellow Americans, whom I have gratefully served for sixty years, and especially my fellow Arizonans,…
Read NowSeptember 2018 is the month for suicide awareness
by Melissa [email protected] Each year 44,965 Americans die by suicide, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.www.afsp.org/. Suicide rates increased in all but…
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PQ: “Who is creating all of these socialists? Of course, it’s American capitalists!”
Cliodynamics and History
Read NowWhat To Do About A Bridge That Shouldn’t Be There
The Bismarck Tribune’s Amy Dalrymple’s wrote a good story recently about a marathon Little Missouri Scenic River Commission meeting. I’m going to write more…
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Good bugs, bad bugs, you know we have our share
Poison control
Read NowLetter to the editor: Native women oppose Judge Kavanaugh for U.S. Supreme Court
Judge Kavanaugh’s views on voting rights and racial justice in America are extremely troubling- in light of the fact that right now Native voters…
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