Brookings just keeps getting better. After years of leading South Dakota on the Human Rights Commission’s Municipal Equality Index, Brookings has now achieved the top…
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On August 17, 1858, in Lewistown, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln spoke on slavery, liberty, and his Senate campaign against Stephen Douglas for two and a half…
District 3 voters have a clear choice on equality and inclusion in their Senate race. In its new 2016 Voters Guide, the Equality South Dakota Political…
Exhausted from standing around holding coffee and excusing their own bad budgeting, our Congressional delegation appears to have skipped the Sioux Falls LGBT Pride event yesterday. Candidate…
Attorney General Marty Jackley continues to target transgender South Dakotans with his participation on their dime in a multi-state lawsuit against the Obama Administration’s directive that schools not bully…
Governing points toward a report by McKinsey & Company that says achieving full gender equality in the U.S. could add $4.3 trillion to U.S. GDP. In…
In other efforts to hang the “Different People Not Welcome” sign on South Dakota, the South Dakota Legislature continued its war on transgender kids this week.…
The Mitchell Daily Republic publishes the findings of its survey of local churches on gay marriage. Out of 35 churches contacted, only 22 responded. Nineteen said nope, they won’t perform…
Then again, sometimes talk at the local level isn’t enough to ensure fair treatment of American Indians. Last year, American Indian advocates reached a favorable settlement of the Wandering…
I remain a Bernie Sanders guy, but should Vice-President Joe Biden decide to run for President, he earned himself ten more points against any GOP challenger with these…