By Ben OlsonReader Staff While the nation popped champagne corks and checked out for the long holiday weekend on Dec. 31, 2025, House Republicans quietly released the transcript of special counsel Jack Smith’s Dec....
What could be in the coming year By Reader Staff While it may be a fool’s errand to predict the future, we’ve been doing it at the Reader every year since 2020 — getting...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Idaho is building community schools because they work. This evidence-based model is linked to better attendance, fewer disciplinary problems and stronger academic outcomes. But now the Trump regime has canceled...
Recapping some of the biggest headlines of the year… pray for us By Zach HagadoneReader Staff At the end of the introductory paragraph in the 2024 “Year in Review,” we congratulated Reader readers on...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff No matter how many times I think we’ve reached the bottom of the Dumb barrel in American politics, someone like Pete Hegseth comes and says, “Hold my scrapin’ ladle.” Formerly...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff History gives us moments; crossroads in the timeline of our lives that force a direction one way or another. The decisions we make when presented with these moments define our...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff If I had purchased stock in Dumb a few years ago, I’d be swimming in cash like Scrooge McDuck. Let’s see what wouldn’t flush down this week. After inexplicably inviting...
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,...
By Reader Staff Though the 2026 election is about a year away, Boise lawyer and small business owner Terri Pickens announced Nov. 10 that she would seek the office of Idaho governor. Running as...
Move comes amid furor over transgender individual’s use of YMCA locker room By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Sandpoint City Council members convened in a special meeting Nov. 12 to address the municipality’s longstanding non-discrimination ordinance,...
