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by HPR Contributor | Culture | November 22nd, 2016
…By Jim Fugliejimfuglie920@gmail.comThere are two words to describe my Christmas shopping. Quick. Cheap. I like to kind of know what I want to buy, get into a store, find it quick, try to get the best price I can possibly find, and get out. The fact that I’m a bit…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | November 22nd, 2016
…Following Oscar-nominated breakthrough “Incendies,” filmmaker Denis Villeneuve put together a hat trick of beautifully shot features, stylish enough to straddle the line between auteurist individuality/prestige and studio-massaged commercial aspirations.“Prisoners,” “Enemy,” and “Sicario” are now joined by “Arrival,” a cerebral, or ersatz cerebral – depending on your tolerance for beautiful people…
by HPR Contributor | News | November 22nd, 2016
…By C.S. Hagencshagen@hpr1.comThe woman who nearly had her arm blown off Sunday night at the Backwater Bridge standoff is in stable condition, according to the Standing Rock Medic Healer Council.Sophia Wilansky, 21, from New York, was hauling drinking water to activists near the front line when a concussion grenade thrown…
by HPR Contributor | News | November 21st, 2016
by HPR Contributor | News | November 21st, 2016
…By C.S. Hagencshagen@hpr1.comAn all-night battle at Backwater Bridge between police and Standing Rock activists left hundreds injured, according to camp medics.Morton County Sheriff’s Department has reported it planned to remove a blockade on Highway 1806, but has done nothing for three weeks, Tara Houska, national campaigns director for Honor the…
by HPR Contributor | News | November 19th, 2016
…By C.S. HagenBISMARCK – North Dakota Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Iverson’s police radio crackled to life; Standing Rock activists were caravanning toward Bismarck.Troopers patrolling alongside the convoy stayed in constant contact over the radio, watching to see if the activists split up.“We’ve lost the front part of the convoy,” a…
by HPR Contributor | News | November 17th, 2016
…By C.S. Hagencshagen@hpr1.comElection results shocked the nation last week, but it was Measure 5, the legalization of medical marijuana that took the state by surprise.Medical marijuana, now legal in North Dakota and not considered recreational, will take some time to implement, but patients are already hounding the phones for information.…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | November 16th, 2016
…By Faye Seidler fayeseidler@gmail.comThe Transgender Day of Remembrance memorializes the trans individuals who have lost their lives due to violence this year. It is a day where we read their names and remember them—not how they died, but how they lived. This is also a day of visibility for the…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | November 16th, 2016
…By Amy Venn amyvenn86@gmail.comPangea—Cultivate Our Cultures will be hosted by the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County (HCSCC) on Saturday, November 19th at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead. Attendees can expect 30 different vendors, 15 musical performances, and more than 11 food cultures represented at the event.“It’s a way…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | November 16th, 2016
…By Samantha L. Montano, M.S.samanthalmontano@gmail.comA few weeks ago I noticed a billboard in downtown Fargo that reads “All Lives Matter.” As a person who believes in equality, I was taken aback. Some people have interpreted the slogan “Black Lives Matter” to mean that other lives do not matter. This belief…