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 living unsheltered. In response, cities across the country are implementing ordinances aimed at managing encampments. Homelessness is a complex problem with a remarkably straightforward solution: […]
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 personal liberty in the constitution of his conservative, Republican-dominated state create a fundamental right to abortion before a fetus is viable. The state’s GOP attorney […]
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 us in North Dakota’s education community. The ongoing work of the School Choice Task Force is not only about exploring school choice models like charter schools and vouchers […]
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 advertisements such as “Unexpected Pregnancy? We provide free pregnancy testing,” “Pregnant and Scared? Free ultrasounds are available!,” or “Considering an abortion? Peer counselors are here to help”? […]
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 just the birds and the bees. These days, comprehensive sex education that teaches young people about healthy relationships, consent, gender diversity, sexual orientation and their reproductive rights […]
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 woman’s right to control her own body. If you voted to restrict those rights and ban abortions, we will not vote for you. Eighty-six percent (86%) of […]
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. Senate voted on the Right to Contraception Act, a simple bill that protects the right to contraception, which has been threatened across the country. Despite […]
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 in regard to mental health, it’s so much broader than that. It’s how we feel connected to our community or not, our access to resources or opportunities, […]
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 charges. Despite facing threats and harassment, a jury of everyday Americans had the courage to weigh the evidence and convict Trump of 34 felonies for deceiving voters […]
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 should be reflected in political decisions, but only up to a point, a new North Dakota Poll has found. Of voters surveyed, 73% fear that if the U.S. […]