Today Planned Parenthood, the ostensible health care organization which seems more like a branch of the Democratic party these days, announced they would no longer be participating in the federal government’s Title X family planning programming. It’s good news, and not just for the pro-life side of the abortion debate who can tout a long-sought…
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Prohibition Is a Crock: Americans (Probably) Spend as Much on Recreational Drugs as They Do on Booze
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Guest Post: The ACLU’s Blueprint for Prison Reform
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Planned Parenthood’s Withdrawal From Title X Programs Is a Win for Both Sides of the Abortion Debate
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Elizabeth Warren’s Attack on the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Why So Many Republicans Tolerate Donald Trump
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Planned Parenthood’s Withdrawal From Title X Programs Is a Win for Both Sides of the Abortion Debate
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North Dakota Needs Workers, but Those Workers Need Shakespeare
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Let’s Legalize Gambling but Also Let’s Not Get Too Cute With the Revenues From It
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Fargo Commissioner Says It’s “Disingenuous” to “Bitch” About Company Getting $4.6 Million Subsidy They Said They Don’t Need
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Local Politics Are as Partisan and Ideological as Any Other Kind of Politics, We Just Pretend Like They Aren’t
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Burgum Polls Himself Against Heidi Heitkamp Ahead of 2020 Campaign
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Proposed “Red Flag Law” for North Dakota Doesn’t Need to Be Resurrected
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Marsy’s Law Backer Gets Sweetheart Plea Deal for Drug Charges in Nevada
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We Should Allow More Time for Referendum Campaigns
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Referendum for Auditor Law Won’t Make the Deadline
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Prohibition Is a Crock: Americans (Probably) Spend as Much on Recreational Drugs as They Do on Booze
A newly-issued Rand Corporation report (see below) indicates that Americans spent almost $150 billion on illegal drugs in 2016. To put that into perspective, Americans spent roughly $227 billion on alcohol the same year. The two numbers are seemingly far apart, until you realize the limitations of the drugs metric. For one thing, Rand only…
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Elizabeth Warren’s Attack on the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Why So Many Republicans Tolerate Donald Trump
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Attorney General: Fargo Park Board Broke the Law With Meeting at Which Former Director Joel Vettel Resigned
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Who Is Really Afraid to Shop, Worship, or Go to School?
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Some Democrats Relieved Heitkamp Won’t Run for Governor
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How Can Democrats Reach Out to Rural Voters When They Hate What We Do for a Living?
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Stop Lowering the Flags
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The Problem for All These Opioid Lawsuits Is Germany
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Poll: Governor Doug Burgum Enjoys 60 Percent Favorable Rating, Has Support of a Plurality of Democrats
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Poll: Trump Leads Biden Among North Dakotans in Head-to-Head Matchup, Has 56 Percent Favorable Rating
This And That
Guest Post: The ACLU’s Blueprint for Prison Reform
This post was written by Dane DeKrey, advocacy director for the ACLU of North Dakota. Imagine you own a business. Nobody is buying your product and you’re losing money. Despite this, you decide to double down and scale up production. This goes on year after year, and you’re digging an ever-deeper hole. Your stubborn commitment…
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Print Column: Maybe Partisanship Wasn’t Such a Bad Thing
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Plain Talk: North Dakota’s New ACLU Leader Says He’d Like to Find Common Ground With Conservatives, Burgum Pollster Talks 2020 Race
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Plain Talk: Changing North Dakota’s Domestic Violence Laws, and How Can Democrats Win Over Rural America When They Hate Fossil Fuels?
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Plain Talk: Expanding Capacity for the Dakota Access Pipeline, and What Can We Really Do to Stop Mass Murder Attacks?
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Print Column: Post-Shooting Hysteria Ignores the Reality of What Really Keeps Us Safe
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Print Column: Why Do Democrats Feel Like They Have the Moral High Ground When It Comes to Hate?
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Plain Talk: “If You Want to Be Offended by Something You’ll Be Offended” Says Senator Kevin Cramer
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Print Column: The Bank of North Dakota Is the Kim Kardashian of Financial Institutions
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Print Column: I Hope Rush Limbaugh Is Wrong, but I Don’t Think He Is