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by Jim Fuglie | Last Word | April 4th, 2018
…Calm was the day in late JulyAnd bright was the sun across the skyBut inside his chest the calm had brokenGovernor Sinner had started croakin’.I laughed the first time I read that, and I’m still laughing every time I think about it. It’s a poem written by a sixth grader…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | April 4th, 2018
…“I do not believe that a democracy must necessarily become something other than a democracy to protect its national interests…We can prevent and publish the abuse of liberty by sabotage, disorder and violence without destroying liberty itself.” – U.S. Attorney General (later Supreme Court Justice) Frank Murphy, 1939"We know what…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 4th, 2018
…The NRA Gun Lobby And Republicans Pick Guns Over KidsAfter the record-setting “March For Our Lives” protest on March 24, the $5 million-a-year National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre stayed in his bunker and remained tight-lipped, but his trolls dropped their AR-15s, climbed out of their militia foxholes, and put…
by C.S. Hagen | News | April 2nd, 2018
…FARGO – Zebadiah Gartner worked with family over the weekend to raise money for a fine and court fees to pay for an extra piece of sample chicken he took from Cashwise Foods in January 2017. Family and community pitched in; proceeds from an Indian Taco event helped Gartner raise…
by C.S. Hagen | News | March 30th, 2018
…FARGO – So far, an extra sample boneless Buffalo Wing at Cashwise Foods has cost Zebadiah Gartner $500 in fines and court fees, a $54 ticket to Montana, and two nights at the Cass County Jail.Gartner, 21, an Anishinaabe, doesn’t remember any signs limiting how many sample pieces he could…
by Sabrina Hornung | News | March 28th, 2018
…Moorhead, Minnesota native Brennen Hulbert, maybe now better known as Brennen Leigh, has become a fixture of the Austin music scene. The country music songstress moved to Austin at 19 and has made quite the name for herself in the 15 years that she’s been on the scene bouncing between…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | March 28th, 2018
…There are so many cool places to be in Austin during the South by Southwest Festival—like the Flatstock Market, which displays the works of the world’s top gig poster artists. The show features posters of varying styles, colors, and techniques, for sale by the talented artists who created…
by HPR Contributor | Music | March 28th, 2018
…By Octavio Gomez and Sabrina Hornungoctavio@hpr1.com, sabrina@hpr1.comThere’s a certain level of intensity, maybe even urgency, behind the sound of the Austin-based mud folk band Lord Buffalo. Their atmospheric sound paints sonic soundscapes as stark as the desert landscapes they’re inspired by. It only makes sense that they would catch the…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | March 28th, 2018
…The weeks prior to our trek to Austin were spent poring over pages of RSVPs, combing through emails trying to find out how to connect and make the most of our venture, and if the time allowed, digging through the list of bands that would be playing each event. Full…
by C.S. Hagen | News | March 28th, 2018
…FARGO – Justin Lee Dietrich was an addict. A long rap sheet haunted him, barring him from joining a society that rejected him at every turn. Court documents show he had issues with sobriety, was ordered by Cass County District Court to attend sobriety programs, chemical dependency evaluations, and given…