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Letter: The Only True Cure for Homelessness is Housing

By: Beth Olson, Fargo-Moorhead Coalition to End Homelessness

September 3, 2024

Homelessness has reached crisis levels nationwide, increasing more than 12% since last year, with a record-breaking number of people…

A Judge Strikes Down North Dakota’s Abortion Ban and Rules that Access is Protected

By: AP News | Jack Dura, John Hana 

September 12, 2024

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge struck down North Dakota’s abortion ban Thursday, declaring that broad guarantees of…

Lack of Transparency in School Choice Discussion Undermines Trust

By: Fort Ransom Elementary Superintendent, Steven Johnson 

August 20, 2024

An article published on Aug. 15 by Amy Dalrymple brought attention to an issue that should concern all of…

Crisis Pregnancy Centers must be held accountable

By: Kali Bauer, Executive Coordinator, Minot Women’s Network 

August 5, 2024

Have you ever seen a sign on the side of a building or on a billboard with…

Viewpoint: Book bans are more than just empty shelves

By: Cody Schuler, ACLU of North Dakota

July 30, 2024

Despite what you might remember from “the talk” when you were a kid, sex education is more than…

We Are Women Voters

By: Alice Kotchman, Louise Dauphinais

July 30, 2024

We are women voters willing to speak out. Like 61% of men and 64% of women we believe in a…

Urgent Act: Senators Cramer and Hoeven vote against Right to Contraction Act

June 13, 2024

Last week North Dakota’s federal delegation cast votes that, yet again, fail to protect the health and future of millions of Americans. 

On June 5th, the U.S….

Can Politics Be Positive?

By: Faye Seidler, Suicide Prevention Advocate

May 30, 2024

I work in suicide prevention, which is work that focuses on hope. While we often think about this topic…

By: Amy Jacobson, Executive Director, Prairie Action ND

May 31, 2024

“Yesterday Donald Trump became the first former president in United States history to be convicted on criminal…

Poll Finds ND GOP Voters Fear Country Losing Christian Values

By: Michael Standaert, North Dakota News Cooperative

May 28, 2024

Support for “Christian nationalist” ideas mixed.

Republican voters in the state have conservative Christian ideals they believe…

North Dakota Joins Lawsuit Against U.S. Department of Education Over New Title IX Regulations; ACLU Comments

By: Janna Farley, Communications Director, ACLU

May 7, 2024

Trans youth continue to be used by elected leaders in North Dakota as a political punching bag…

Childcare Workforce Challenges Persist

By: Michael Standaert, North Dakota News Cooperative

May 2, 2024

 Celeste Thingvold, superintendent of Bowbells K-12 school system in the northwest corner of North Dakota, faces potential blowback…

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