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by Ryan Janke | News | March 18th, 2020
…COVID-19, or Coronavirus, has started to make its rounds in the United States. As of Tuesday, Mar. 17, three residents in North Dakota, 11 in South Dakota, and over 60 in Minnesota have been confirmed to have the disease. The numbers in our area are low, but the expectation is…
by Raul Gomez | News | March 18th, 2020
…We’re in uncharted territory. New school closing announcements are flying in every moment. And, it makes sense. Schools are like giant Petri dishes. A virus’s dream come true, tons of bodies to transmit and distribute itself to all corners.This, of course, comes with a heaping pile of additional challenges for…
by Raul Gomez | News | March 18th, 2020
…There are a lot of myths out there. People are scared, maybe they should be. How do we separate fact from fiction in the information age? Our administration says one thing, then another, and then an about face. It’s clear we need sober facts that can guide us through these…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | March 18th, 2020
…by Martin C. Fredricks IVmcfrediv@gmail.comCould this be the week supporters of President Donald J. Trump finally wake up and see his true colors?As late as Monday, March 9, Trump was trying to push off the threat of coronavirus, suggesting, for the millionth time, that it’s a “hoax.”“President Trump in an…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | March 18th, 2020
…Documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus visited the Fargo Film Festival in 2002—the second year of the event—to introduce a screening of her Emmy and Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning, Oscar-nominated “The Farm: Angola, USA.” The supremely talented artist would go on to make many other nonfiction films of…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | March 18th, 2020
…by Sonja ThompsonDebra Ruh is the CEO and Founder of Ruh Global IMPACT, a consulting firm that strives to help clients amplify their impact and become disability inclusion leaders. She also serves as the Chair of the United Nations’ G3ict EmployAbility Task Force, which supports information and communication assistive technologies…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | March 18th, 2020
…Why, It’s Joe Biden, Stumbling Through Debates and Billionaire’s PocketsBrian Michelz and his wife Sarah in Madison, Wisconsin are saddled with medical and college student debt, and like half the families in the United States, can’t come up with $400 to cover an emergency although both are working, she as…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | March 18th, 2020
…by Sarah Haedersarahhaeder@hotmail.comAs a registered nurse at Red River Women’s Clinic, I work with the public almost daily. When news of this outbreak first came out, I was worried about my risk for COVID-19 exposure. However, after receiving information from the National Abortion Federation, the CDC, and our medical director…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | March 18th, 2020
…by Waylon Hedegaardretiringwithcats@gmail.comThere is nothing quite like a major crisis to put ideologies and government into stark relief. Enter the Trump administration and our current pandemic. I doubt there has been a time with more bumbling incompetence than what we are currently witnessing. Is this a comedy? A tragedy? Is…
by HPR Contributor | Theatre | March 11th, 2020
…by Dominic EricksonThis March, the Fargo Film Festival will celebrate its 20th year of entertaining die-hard cinephiles and casual moviegoers alike. The festival begins on March 17 and concludes March 21. The event is once again coordinated by Emily Beck, who has been Fargo Theatre Executive Director since 2011. All…