By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Federal, tribal and local government officials, in conjunction with the human rights task forces of Bonner and Boundary counties, will host an outreach program exploring how community members can...
By Brenda Hammond Reader Staff This year, Human Rights Day will mark the 75th anniversary of the day the United Nations adopted, Saturday, Dec. 20, 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. After WWII,...
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor The banner at the Chamber of Commerce Visitor’s Center has generated discussion in the community — especially after it was slashed in two, repaired, and put back up. The...
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force sends its deepest sympathy to the victims of hate mail received recently by neighbors in our community. We are appalled by the...
By Brenda Hammond Special to the Reader What if Martin Luther King was here today — and asked to appear on one of the day-long news channels to comment on the events of Jan....
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor Do you know what a “constitutional sheriff” is? And do you know if we have one? It’s important to go back a bit in order to put these questions...
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor “I have a dream … deeply rooted in the American dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed –...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It was 71 years ago when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed by 48 different member countries of the United Nations, marking Dec. 10 as Human Rights...
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force recently sent a questionnaire to all the candidates for city office, asking their positions on a number of issues. We asked them...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad is no stranger to hate mail — or hateful robocalls, for that matter. Even before he won election in 2015, Rognstad was made the subject...
