Bring back the nondiscrimination ordinance
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It seems like every year or so, The New York Times finds an opportunity to write about Sandpoint and surrounds — sometimes telling everyone in the world they should move...
Tagged: bigotry
Emily Articulated: Ethical
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I was gifted my first Harry Potter book in third grade. It was wrapped alongside my siblings’ copies, with strict instructions to wait our turn and read them in order....
Going vertical
Keeping elected officials honest at all levels By Stan NormanReader Contributor There is a disturbing trend developing in the Idaho Legislature. Several bills have been introduced in the House that would effectively take power...
Theory of Unknown Origin: Pseudoarchaeology
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff What do aliens, Nazis and the lost city of Atlantis have in common? A great deal, unfortunately, but not because of any global conspiracy hiding humanity’s secret history, as many...
The miseducation of (half) a City Council
By Ammi MidstokkeReader Staff Like many of you, I sat through hours of testimony at the Nov. 19 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council. It was heartbreaking, exhausting, infuriating and embarrassing. At each claim...
Fear should not become policy, but that fear speaks to deeper truths
By Sandi NizzoliReader Contributor At the City Council meeting on Nov. 19, many community members spoke about their fear of a transgender woman using the women’s locker room. A shocking amount of the public...
Here’s what else went down at the Nov. 19 council meeting
While the NDO issue dominated, plenty else happened — or will happen soon — at City Hall By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The agenda for the emotionally charged, marathon Nov. 19 meeting of the Sandpoint...
Sandpoint City Council votes to amend non-discrimination ordinance
Decision comes after multiple tie votes broken by Mayor Jeremy Grimm By Zach HagadoneReader Staff After more than four hours of public testimony and deliberation — and a series of tie votes, all broken...
Sing out in the face of fascism
Historic and modern protest music By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Modern protest music owes its existence to centuries of disenfranchised, disillusioned and oppressed minorities sharing stories that unite and strengthen spirits separated by time, place,...
Idaho’s latest anti-drag crusade began with a falsehood, lawsuit says
Drag queen at center of Idaho culture war takes Christian Nationalist group to court By Daniel WaltersInvestigateWest The claim — a drag queen exposing his genitals to children — was so incendiary, so horrifying...
