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.
Read NowColumns · 2026
Dakota
by Jim Fuglie | Oct 15, 2026
Jim Fuglie revisits an old debate — changing North Dakota's name to Dakota. Just Dakota.
Read NowAI in the classroom: finding the best path forward
by Steve Grineski | Sep 29, 2026
A New York school district’s board recently approved about $60,000 to purchase three AI products: an AI-powered, human-like robot, a virtual AI-powered teacher’s assistant…
Read NowGood news for the badlands
by Jim Fuglie | Aug 27, 2026
The Short Ranch is on the National Register of Historic Places — and with it, the twenty-year fight over a bridge across the Little…
Read NowFor every student, a laptop
by Steve Grineski | Aug 26, 2026
A century of classroom technology, each wave promising to transform learning. Motion pictures, radio, television, Chromebooks — and what the evidence actually shows.
Read NowSo, why school?
by Steve Grineski | Jul 9, 2026
Schools’ purpose cannot be limited to a single skill, subject or political ideology.
Read NowThe long shadow of the ‘Get Along Gays’
by Chris M. Stoner | Jun 15, 2026
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…
Read NowAnother bad idea for the badlands
by Jim Fuglie | Apr 14, 2026
A personal airstrip on public land? Jim Fuglie investigates.
Read NowFederal funding for Grand Farms raises questions about public/private research
by Curt Stofferahn | Apr 13, 2026
Federal and state public sector research institutions should develop expertise and research programs devoted to analyzing the distributional consequences and effects of agricultural research…
Read NowGazongas for me, but not for thee
by Chris M. Stoner | Apr 13, 2026
Bryon Noem deserves to feel shame — but not for his bimbofication fetish, says Chris M Stoner.
Read NowHow Doug Burgum got his job
by Jim Fuglie | Mar 23, 2026
I’m feeling a little mean right now. It doesn’t happen often, but I tend to pay attention to politics and politicians and I’m pretty…
Read NowA republic if you can keep it
by Vern Thompson | Jan 15, 2026
Each of us must decide what side of history we want to stand on.
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