In our discussion of forces behind America’s current worker shortage, regular commenter “O” noted that one contributing factor is “the nativist anti-immigrant fervor that resulted…
Dakota Free Press Posts
How do you know when something is hogwash? When Mel Olson says it is. SDPB talks to teachers and parents about the fake fuss fomented…
According to data on “financial fragility” from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking, Americans have been getting a little better at keeping…
The Legislative Research Council has tallied up all the federal dollars that have kept South Dakota afloat during the coronavirus pandemic and recession. At yesterday’s…
The Mahanoy v. Levy ruling on student free speech includes a reminder to the fascists who would stifle discussions of racism, social injustice, and other topics that upset…
In its famous Tinker v. Des Moines decision in 1969, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the right of five students to wear black armbands to school…
Representative Trish Ladner (R-30/Hot Springs) is trying to pick up the slack on Pat Powers’s ever-more ho-hum spin blog and provide some semblance of original…
A Facebook post on corporate baseball and advertising gives Representative Tom Pischke (R-25/Dell Rapids) a chance to show his racial insensitivity: A tax-cheat cop murders…
Last month I wrote that South Dakota’s Republican leaders are scapegoating pandemic unemployment assistance for the long-standing worker shortage that at least a decade of…